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> Does it matter if the developers understand the system they maintain? Are they maintaining it if all they do is type prompts into Claude?
by pavel_lishin 3mo ago
> Does it matter if the developers understand the system they maintain?
Are they maintaining it if all they do is type prompts into Claude?
- NateEag 3mo agoYes, they are. They may be doing a poor job of it - time will tell. But, at present, they're still the ones merging PRs and deploying changes to production.
- pavel_lishin 3mo agoIt brings to mind the Chinese Room argument: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room If a person in a Chinese Room doesn't actually understand Chinese, though the system as a whole behaves as if it does - can we say that the engineer merging PRs and deploying to production understands the system or maintains it?