Cleaning up after AI rockstar developers

Cleaning up after AI rockstar developers
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As for the AI code, the most defining elements are unneeded complexity and low understanding of the abstraction involved. When you need a 10 lines functions, the AI will happily write an entire module because that’s how a fully implemented domain is like. But it’s not part of the requirements. As for the low understanding, you will see strange code, which are not fully antipattern, but are definitely not needed as it solves issue that the platform/library/framework doesn’t have or already have a solution for.

Much needed right now as I slept only two hours since yesterday after solving a SEV-0 and having to wake up after a 2 hour nap, so I could be now cleaning up the fallout before business hours.

I am not a AI-denier, I am actually thankful I have AI right now to multiply my force, but frankly, people STILL need to review that fucking code, and the people who review the fucking code STILL need to be good enough to be able to write it themselves if they needed.

Whoever says otherwise is either an AI investor, a linkedin influencer or a complete imbecile.

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Please add a section on how to communicate and write a post mortem where the guilty is completely exhonerated without the blame falling on me as I try to save said manager's face.

My current job is genuinely just boring. It's tasks that are so simple, a junior could do it. But no, instead they needed a medior. I'm not saying I'm better than this, nor that no medior will pick it up. I just cannot push myself to care about the code this company makes. It's old, dusty and it serves no one of importance. These customers use it because they once bought the tool and do not care enough to switch, because the tool in question is not interesting.

I was promised work soon that aligned more with my experience, but I do not foresee these customers to come to a stale company like this.

It's not surprising that this company is losing customers, employees, etc. But I have a mortgage to pay. Today I had the conversation about how they might not extend my contract, basically threatening me to take more ownership, do more work, for the same pay. Sadly I have to make it last until I find a new position that is actually interesting. I don't even need a lot of money, I could give a rat's ass about "growing". I just need enough to survive.

This might be a very unrelated comment, in which I apologize. I just do not have another vent to post this to.