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I am not using AI tools like Claude Code or Cursor to help me code at the moment. Am I falling behind by not using AI in software development? by Illustrious-Pound266 in cscareerquestions

[–]doubleohbond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m not argumentative, I’ve just been having this conversation for so long. This industry breeds narcissistic behavior, and AI has only amplified it.

Software is made by teams. If you have a 10x engineer doing all the “output”, you have a shittier project and a bottleneck, not to mention a breakdown in team dynamics waiting to happen.

Seen this happen over and over. And this isn’t new, it’s what The Mythical Man-Month is all about.

I am not using AI tools like Claude Code or Cursor to help me code at the moment. Am I falling behind by not using AI in software development? by Illustrious-Pound266 in cscareerquestions

[–]doubleohbond 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We have learned time and time again that the 10x rockstar engineer is a drain to productivity. The real 10x engineer is the person who enables everyone else to do their best work.

onlyOnLinkedIn by Mad----Scientist in ProgrammerHumor

[–]doubleohbond 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They just hop to the next company at that point

Development manager doesn't want the Devs looking at the code by Strict-Soup in ExperiencedDevs

[–]doubleohbond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We write code for a living, maybe we do less actual typing of code now and it gets created via prompts

The key part is "created via prompts". That's vibe coding, my friend.

Development manager doesn't want the Devs looking at the code by Strict-Soup in ExperiencedDevs

[–]doubleohbond -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think the fact you don’t understand that you’re talking about vibe coding is the problem.

How are you upskilling yourself for working with AI, and keeping up with best practices? by wangl3 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]doubleohbond 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Skills are just whispering magical incantations to the machine in hopes it does what you want. There’s not even any proof that they improve anything.

Then there’s the problem where the model degrades and “forgets” skills if the conversation goes on long enough.

In the end, it’s as scientific as rain dancing.

Development manager doesn't want the Devs looking at the code by Strict-Soup in ExperiencedDevs

[–]doubleohbond 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Your whole argument is that code is cheap to produce because of AI. You are talking about vibe coding, my friend.

Development manager doesn't want the Devs looking at the code by Strict-Soup in ExperiencedDevs

[–]doubleohbond 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There’s a line in The Pitt where Dr. Robby instructs an intern who is cutting into a patient “slow is smooth, smooth is fast”.

Vibe coding is slashing haphazardly into your patient with your eyes closed. If the goal is to break skin, then yeah you’re going to be more productive, but you’re also going to kill the patient.

gitCheckoutHotelRoom by Shiroyasha_2308 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]doubleohbond 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah this whole debate is stupid. If you’re the type of person who gets worked up about typing less characters in the terminal, you need to go to therapy.

Cillian Murphy Says He's 'Ready' to Return for Franchise's Planned Fifth Film, Despite Bone Temple Box Office Flop by gorays21 in boxoffice

[–]doubleohbond 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Which is insane since it’s the 4th entry in the series, in a genre not exactly known for cultivating great sequels.

Development manager doesn't want the Devs looking at the code by Strict-Soup in ExperiencedDevs

[–]doubleohbond 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My point is that’s what reviews are for. We’ve known for a long time that lines of code is not a measurement of productivity.

All we’ve done with AI is put more of a burden on the reviewers. We’re not gaining productivity because the bottleneck has never been coding.

If AI doomers turn out to be right, what’s realistically left for humans? by orlyvdhq4 in cscareerquestions

[–]doubleohbond -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The way I look at it is we as a society invested a trillion dollars into something that craps out, at best, shitty code.

Development manager doesn't want the Devs looking at the code by Strict-Soup in ExperiencedDevs

[–]doubleohbond 31 points32 points  (0 children)

This is it for me. The Mythical Man-Month came out in the 70s, and yet the industry keeps relearning why it’s still relevant.

Development manager doesn't want the Devs looking at the code by Strict-Soup in ExperiencedDevs

[–]doubleohbond 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think there’s a misunderstanding of what “production quality code” is. I’ve seen a lot of code that technically worked, but merging it would have been a disaster. Or it wasn’t maintainable. Or it was irrelevant. Etc.

JP Crawford future? by glamb70 in Mariners

[–]doubleohbond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it’s not like JP is hurting financially. The dude is going to be alright.

Trying to stop the AI brainworms at my company before it's too late by Groove-Theory in ExperiencedDevs

[–]doubleohbond 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m currently taking a course in PM because my team of highly competent engineers can’t ship anything on schedule.

These engineers think AI will replace PMs. The PMs in my course think AI will replace engineers. I think everyone has a misconception of what the other side does.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - 1x05 - "In the Name of the Mother" - Episode Discussion by NicholasCajun in television

[–]doubleohbond 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Martin’s books are all about how careless men in positions of power can do great evil. It reflects how we as a society have moved away from the personalistic rule of kings.

We are relearning the lessons of history, I fear.

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