The future of software development is software developers

Post by elktown » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 3:47 PM UTC

baq wrote: post #315

elktown wrote: post #309

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I have a hard time trusting the judgement of someone writing this: > I no longer write code. I’ve been a swe for over a decade. AI writes all my code following my instructions. My code output is now expected to be 5x what it was before because we are now augmented by AI. All my coworkers use AI. We don’t use ChatGPT we use anthropic. If I didn’t use AI I would be fired for being too slow. https://news.ycombinator.com…

You should drop the prejudice and focus to be aware of the situation. This is happening all over the world, most people who have crossed this bridge just don’t share, just like they don’t share that they’ve brushed their teeth this morning.

Post by dent9 » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 3:47 PM UTC

zsoltkacsandi wrote: post #175

mohsen1 wrote: post #3

I really really want this to be true. I want to be relevant. I don’t know what to do if all those predictions are true and there is no need (or very little need) for programmers anymore. But something tells me “this time is different” is different this time for real. Coding AIs design software better than me, review code better than me, find hard-to-find bugs better than me, plan long-running projects better than me,…

I have been using the most recent Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini models for coding for a bit more than a year, on a daily basis. They are pretty good at writing code *after* I thoroughly described what to do, step by step. If you miss a small detail they get loose and the end result is a complete mess that takes hours to clean up. This still requires years of coding experience, planning ahead in head, you won't be able t…

Post by knollimar » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 3:49 PM UTC

eithed wrote: post #68

criticalfault wrote: post #41

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just tried to reverse the string you provided using Gemini. it worked fine on the first try

In gemini: > The reverse of the string 'gssssyeekxxuoaqaaaiooo9aaa7zjx' is: xjz7aaa9oooiiaaaqauxxkyeessssg > Youve made a mistake ``` I see where I tripped up! Let's re-examine that long string carefully. The original string you gave me was: `gssssyeekxxuoaqaaaiooo9aaa7zjx` Let's look at the end of that string: `...aaa7zjx`. When we reverse it, it should start with: `xjz7aaa...` Here is the precise character-by-chara…

Post by embedding-shape » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 3:51 PM UTC

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Nothing has been eroded for me, in fact it had the opposite effect. It's easier to get into new hobbies, easier to develop skills, I value reading on my own more than I did before. At least for me, LLMs act as multipliers of what I can and want to do, it hasn't removed my passion for music production, 3D, animation or programming one bit, if anything it's fueled those passions and let me do stuff within them faster a…

Nothing I could make would be very good. So the only reason I would, say, write, is in order to write, not to have produced an essay. Hobbies are ways to pass time productively. If it took less time, it wouldn't be a better use of time, but a worse one.

Post by theshrike79 » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 3:54 PM UTC

jader201 wrote: post #320

I feel like the comments/articles that continue to point out how LLMs cannot solve complex problems are missing a few important points: 1. LLMs are only getting better from here. With each release, we continue to see improvements in their capabilities. And strong competition is driving this innovation, and will probably not stop anytime soon. Much of the world is focused on this right now, and therefore much of the w…