We automated everything except knowing what's going on

#1

Post by kennethops » Tue, Mar 03, 2026, 1:14 PM UTC

We automated everything except knowing what's going on
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Re: We automated everything except knowing what's going on

#2

Post by afry1 » Tue, Mar 03, 2026, 1:35 PM UTC

"The future belongs to whoever understands what they just shipped."

Perfect summary.

It's like we invented a world where you can finally, _finally_ speedrun an enormous legacy codebase and all patted ourselves on the back like that was a good thing.

Re: We automated everything except knowing what's going on

#3

Post by 2OEH8eoCRo0 » Tue, Mar 03, 2026, 1:43 PM UTC

afry1 wrote: post #2

"The future belongs to whoever understands what they just shipped." Perfect summary. It's like we invented a world where you can finally, _finally_ speedrun an enormous legacy codebase and all patted ourselves on the back like that was a good thing.

I like that. These AIs are legacy codebase generators. Nobody knows how it works and everyone is afraid to touch it.

Re: We automated everything except knowing what's going on

#4

Post by climike » Tue, Mar 03, 2026, 1:45 PM UTC

In a similar fashion it appears that article was automated - did the author read every word in their own article?

Re: We automated everything except knowing what's going on

#5

Post by frisia » Tue, Mar 03, 2026, 1:46 PM UTC

Actually unreadable

Re: We automated everything except knowing what's going on

#6

Post by bena » Tue, Mar 03, 2026, 1:47 PM UTC

I keep seeing the canard that "Anyone with an idea and access to an AI agent can ship a product. What used to take a team of twenty and six months now takes one person and a weekend. That's not hype. It's happening right now, everywhere, all at once."

But I don't see it. Where is this glut of software?

Re: We automated everything except knowing what's going on

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Post by kennethops » Tue, Mar 03, 2026, 1:48 PM UTC

climike wrote: post #4

In a similar fashion it appears that article was automated - did the author read every word in their own article?

I tried to write it more stream consciousness

Re: We automated everything except knowing what's going on

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Post by kennethops » Tue, Mar 03, 2026, 1:49 PM UTC

frisia wrote: post #5

Actually unreadable

Im not a writer. Just a guy with an opinion

Re: We automated everything except knowing what's going on

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Post by Rygian » Tue, Mar 03, 2026, 1:49 PM UTC

The title reminds me of the single lesson I retained from a training for upcoming people managers: "You can delegate everything except accountability."

Re: We automated everything except knowing what's going on

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Post by kennethops » Tue, Mar 03, 2026, 1:51 PM UTC

bena wrote: post #6

I keep seeing the canard that "Anyone with an idea and access to an AI agent can ship a product. What used to take a team of twenty and six months now takes one person and a weekend. That's not hype. It's happening right now, everywhere, all at once." But I don't see it. Where is this glut of software?

I am mainly seeing across a lot of my engineer friends and mentor who I respect deeply. They are using swarms of agents to build crms, small business and run their homelabs.