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[โ€“] brianpeiris@lemmy.ca 4 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

I suspect the problem is that there are many developers nowadays who don't care about code quality, actual engineering, and maintenance. So the people who are complaining are right to be concerned that there is going to be a ton of slop code produced by AI-bro developers, and the developers who actually care will be left to deal with the aftermath. I'd be very happy if lead developers are prepared to try things with AI, and importantly to throw the output away if it doesn't meet coding standards. Instead I think even lead developers and CTOs are chasing "productivity" metrics, which just translates to a ton of sloppy code.

[โ€“] Serinus@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Yeah, I don't plan to leave in two years, so I'm motivated to not say "oh fuck" when I have to maintain the thing I built later.

Plus, you know, I don't want people to groan when they have to work on my code.