I decided to stop using AI for coding at my job, even if it costs me that job. I don't know what the future will bring, but I know it will be one where I don...

I ran across this video the other day that I thought did a great job of summing up all the reasons why I intend never to touch GenAI bullshit.

And it’s from a former “vibe coder”. I’ll definitely be keeping this in my back pocket to share with people who ask me why I eschew GenAI.

  • aesthelete@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    I get it. I really, really do. But if the tools stick around and remain affordable (and the if is load bearing) I think it will be difficult to have this stance and remain in employment in modern software companies.

    Maybe there will be anti-AI software shops or you can work in places that are entirely backwards (I mean I once worked at a place where a developer was basically maintaining what would normally be a database using a series of Java collections so … not everyone is going to be on the “cutting edge”).

    The posters’ qualms are exactly right. You become more of like a business analyst and/or tester rather than a programmer when writing code using these tools. However, that’s what will be needed for the creation and maintenance of software if these tools stick around, remain in use, and remain affordable.

    It 100% feels like developing software with a cheat code enabled using claude code and friends and I think it likely leads to apathy about what you’re developing in probably most cases, but 🤷. Most software written before this was seemingly made by people who didn’t care at all about the people using it so I’m not sure that changes much of anything.

    I do, however, think the “my website has a chatbot” and “try to one shot a bug fix using my token workflow” things that have sprung up everywhere are entirely useless and will quickly find a graveyard when the bubble bursts.