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If AI really sucked at front end I'd have a job right now.

skillina 6mo ago
That assumes all companies care about providing a good front end experience. Many do not. Many are actively hostile to their users.
nik282000 6mo ago
If management could tell the difference between a good product and some fragile slop they wouldn't be in management, they would have a productive job.
dreis_sw 6mo ago
If the economy wasn't completely broken you'd have a job right now.
- danlugo92 6mo ago
  If we had annual reverse hunger games the economy wouldn't be broken
the_gipsy 6mo ago
In general, AI is not replacing developers yet. It's a convenient excuse to fire people for other reasons, and to pay lower wages.
- squidbeak 6mo ago
  If AI is being used to lower salary burdens, it categorically is partially or wholly replacing developers. Meanwhile, elsewhere in this discussion, you can read examples of people who have used AI entirely to build their product. Previously they'd have had to hire a developer or become one themselves. This suggests to me it is indeed replacing developers - just not where you are choosing to look.
  - the_gipsy 6mo ago
    No, it's the economy that is shifting and the reason developers are getting fired. This causes wage lowering. AI is the excuse that let's companies corporate-speak around the economy.
    - squidbeak 6mo ago
      Work lost by freelancers and contractors to AI can't be brushed out of sight with a 'No' and an unrelated vague assertion that the economy is shifting.
      - alternatex 6mo ago
        Freelance work is like car lanes, the more you build the more demand you have. There's no satiating the need for software. Lowering the bar to produce software will just motivate more companies and people to digitalize/automate more things.
      - the_gipsy 6mo ago
        You're equally handwaving and vague asserting AI replacement. It's super obvious that existing layoffs are absolutely not justified by actual AI replacements.
- lagniappe 6mo ago
  Tell that to the junior devs.
osjsisjdjajxj 6mo ago
I suspect the problem either lies with you or the company you worked at, because AI absolutely sucks at frontend development.

That assumes all companies care about providing a good front end experience. Many do not. Many are actively hostile to their users.

nik282000 6mo ago

If management could tell the difference between a good product and some fragile slop they wouldn't be in management, they would have a productive job.

dreis_sw 6mo ago

If the economy wasn't completely broken you'd have a job right now.

danlugo92 6mo ago
If we had annual reverse hunger games the economy wouldn't be broken

the_gipsy 6mo ago

In general, AI is not replacing developers yet. It's a convenient excuse to fire people for other reasons, and to pay lower wages.

squidbeak 6mo ago
If AI is being used to lower salary burdens, it categorically is partially or wholly replacing developers. Meanwhile, elsewhere in this discussion, you can read examples of people who have used AI entirely to build their product. Previously they'd have had to hire a developer or become one themselves. This suggests to me it is indeed replacing developers - just not where you are choosing to look.
- the_gipsy 6mo ago
  No, it's the economy that is shifting and the reason developers are getting fired. This causes wage lowering. AI is the excuse that let's companies corporate-speak around the economy.
  - squidbeak 6mo ago
    Work lost by freelancers and contractors to AI can't be brushed out of sight with a 'No' and an unrelated vague assertion that the economy is shifting.
    - alternatex 6mo ago
      Freelance work is like car lanes, the more you build the more demand you have. There's no satiating the need for software. Lowering the bar to produce software will just motivate more companies and people to digitalize/automate more things.
    - the_gipsy 6mo ago
      You're equally handwaving and vague asserting AI replacement. It's super obvious that existing layoffs are absolutely not justified by actual AI replacements.
lagniappe 6mo ago
Tell that to the junior devs.

osjsisjdjajxj 6mo ago

I suspect the problem either lies with you or the company you worked at, because AI absolutely sucks at frontend development.