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Where's the Shovelware? Why AI Coding Claims Don't Add Up (substack.com)
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[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

People are spending all this time trying to get good at prompting and feeling bad because they’re failing.

This whole thing is bullshit.

So if you're a developer feeling pressured to adopt these tools — by your manager, your peers, or the general industry hysteria — trust your gut. If these tools feel clunky, if they're slowing you down, if you're confused how other people can be so productive, you're not broken. The data backs up what you're experiencing. You're not falling behind by sticking with what you know works.

AI is not the first technology to do this to people. I've been a software engineer for nearing 20 years now, and I've seen this happen with other technologies. People convinced it's making them super productive, others not getting the same gains and internalizing it, thinking they're to blame rather than the software. The Java ecosystem has been full of shitty technologies like that for most of the time Java has existed. Spring is probably one of the most harmful examples.

[–] XM34@feddit.org 4 points 2 days ago

God, I hate Spring with a passion! Just pure black magic.