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Netlify CTO Dana Lawson: Writing code is no longer the job

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Re: Netlify CTO Dana Lawson: Writing code is no longer the job

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Post by jareklupinski »

analogpixel wrote: post #26
glimshe wrote: post #3

Being a Chief Technology Officer is no longer the job. We now need an end-to-end AI orchestrator for the corporation in the Chief Agentic Officer role. Dana Lawson is now obsolete and must be let go.

If a CTO said something in the woods, and no one re-posted it, are they still a CTO or just a crazy person screaming in the woods? By amplifying his message you are justifying his job, position, and standing. This got me thinking on a new way to improve the news: Instead of reporting on the empty words people say, only report on what they have done, example: a) Elon Musks says SpaceX is the best thing ever worth the…

the first engineer that creates a public company all by themselves will prove / get it all

Re: Netlify CTO Dana Lawson: Writing code is no longer the job

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Post by halfcat »

ramon156 wrote: post #28
smrtinsert wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The brutal reality being its probably most capable in that domain. They'll freely admit they're not "the never the smartest guy in the room" and their decision record proves it

The higher up the ladder, the more incompetent they become IMO. If you're in the seat , no one will force you out. They'll leave, but they can't make you leave.

Can you clarify the point you’re trying to make? C-level people are forced out all the time. Even the CEO reports to the board.

Re: Netlify CTO Dana Lawson: Writing code is no longer the job

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Post by throw1234567891 »

glimshe wrote: post #3

Being a Chief Technology Officer is no longer the job. We now need an end-to-end AI orchestrator for the corporation in the Chief Agentic Officer role. Dana Lawson is now obsolete and must be let go.

Wow, you got agitated. Writing code was never a job. Software engineering is a job where part of the responsibility is to create code. “Writing code” in itself means nothing.

Re: Netlify CTO Dana Lawson: Writing code is no longer the job

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Post by xnx »

ramon156 wrote: post #28
smrtinsert wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The brutal reality being its probably most capable in that domain. They'll freely admit they're not "the never the smartest guy in the room" and their decision record proves it

The higher up the ladder, the more incompetent they become IMO. If you're in the seat , no one will force you out. They'll leave, but they can't make you leave.

> If you're in the seat

Like if you own 51% of the company?

Re: Netlify CTO Dana Lawson: Writing code is no longer the job

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Post by trumpdong »

halfcat wrote: post #32
ramon156 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The higher up the ladder, the more incompetent they become IMO. If you're in the seat , no one will force you out. They'll leave, but they can't make you leave.

Can you clarify the point you’re trying to make? C-level people are forced out all the time. Even the CEO reports to the board.

That just means the board is in the seat.

Re: Netlify CTO Dana Lawson: Writing code is no longer the job

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Post by halfcat »

fidotron wrote: post #22
ValentineC wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Human C-suites will continue to keep their jobs as long as other humans in similar positions continue to buy into their airy-fairy "strategy" stuff. ;)

The enormous question here is if AI works the way these people say then surely competing companies will emerge that are enormously smaller and more agile, thus eating their lunch completely. The fact this doesn't appear to be happening suggests something different is in play.

One difference is, when the business hits a tough patch, the bank starts asking questions, and whether or not the bank lets it all continue depends primarily on whether there’s a CEO/CFO who:

- Has history with the bank (trust)

- Is willing to put their neck on the line

AI in the current form has no ability to put its neck on the line.

Re: Netlify CTO Dana Lawson: Writing code is no longer the job

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Post by abnercoimbre »

100ms wrote: post #21

Netlify CTO in 6-18 months: that vibe project that caused me to say writing code is no longer the job got so unmaintainable that I hired a team of 3 to take it over. They're rewriting it by hand because tokens are too expensive now. Nobody could have seen this coming

Dana should’ve repeated the lie before companies started blowing past their annual AI budget and began to panic.

Re: Netlify CTO Dana Lawson: Writing code is no longer the job

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Post by xnx »

kirykl wrote: post #8

I wonder if code quality goes up if you include “as a rockstar ninja” in your prompt

A little terrified to speculate what a coding agent that stuck to this persona would produce (a $550/month multi-region AWS multi-region Webpack/Mongo/React stack ... for one user)

Re: Netlify CTO Dana Lawson: Writing code is no longer the job

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Post by tdhz77 »

analogpixel wrote: post #25

> a billion new applications written by 2029 So we will have a billion new hello world, stock checker, Calendar, Todo apps, and ...? Just because you have a way to write code fast, doesn't mean you are going to come up with billions of new ideas of what to do with that code, and to be mean about it, most people don't think they are creative enough to come up with ideas and are just fine watching sports all day on tv.…

A billion applications by 2029 sounds great to me. I consider MySpace to be part of the peak Web 1.0. MIDI sounds and pot leafs floating on the page. It really whipped the llamas ass. Let’s do that again.
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