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Professional software developers don't vibe, they control

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Re: Professional software developers don't vibe, they control

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Post by agentifysh »

banbangtuth wrote: post #9

You know what. After seeing all these articles about AI/LLM for these past 4 years, about how they are going to replace me as software developers and about how I am not productive enough without using 5 agents and being a project manager. I. Don't. Care. I don't even care about those debates outside. Debates about do LLM work and replace programmers? Say they do, ok so what? I simply have too much fun programming. I…

having fun isn't tied to employment unless you are self-employed even then what's fun should not be the driving force

Re: Professional software developers don't vibe, they control

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Post by bee_rider »

game_the0ry wrote: post #2

> Through field observations (N=13) and qualitative surveys (N=99)... Not a statistically significant sample size.

97 samples is enough to get a 95% confidence level if you accept a 10% margin of error. 99 is not so bad, at least.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/mp/sample-size-calculator/

Re: Professional software developers don't vibe, they control

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Post by websiteapi »

we've never seen a profession drive themselves so aggressively to irrelevance. software engineering will always exist, but it's amazing the pace to which pressure against the profession is rising. 2026 will be a very happy new year indeed for those paying the salaries. :)

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Post by zwnow »

websiteapi wrote: post #15

we've never seen a profession drive themselves so aggressively to irrelevance. software engineering will always exist, but it's amazing the pace to which pressure against the profession is rising. 2026 will be a very happy new year indeed for those paying the salaries. :)

Also it really baffles me how many are actually in on the hype train. Its a lot more than the crypto bros back in the day. Good thing AI still cant reason and innovate stuff. Also leaking credentials is a felony in my country so I also wont ever attach it to my codebases.

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Post by fragmede »

zwnow wrote: post #18
websiteapi wrote: post #15

we've never seen a profession drive themselves so aggressively to irrelevance. software engineering will always exist, but it's amazing the pace to which pressure against the profession is rising. 2026 will be a very happy new year indeed for those paying the salaries. :)

Also it really baffles me how many are actually in on the hype train. Its a lot more than the crypto bros back in the day. Good thing AI still cant reason and innovate stuff. Also leaking credentials is a felony in my country so I also wont ever attach it to my codebases.

your credentials shouldn't be in your codebase to begin with!

Re: Professional software developers don't vibe, they control

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Post by banbangtuth »

agentifysh wrote: post #11
banbangtuth wrote: post #9

You know what. After seeing all these articles about AI/LLM for these past 4 years, about how they are going to replace me as software developers and about how I am not productive enough without using 5 agents and being a project manager. I. Don't. Care. I don't even care about those debates outside. Debates about do LLM work and replace programmers? Say they do, ok so what? I simply have too much fun programming. I…

having fun isn't tied to employment unless you are self-employed even then what's fun should not be the driving force

Why? It is a matter of values. Fun can be a driving force just like money and stability is. It is simply a matter of your values (and your sacrifices).

Like I said, I am just a generic replaceable dime a dozen programmer dude.

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