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1. AyanamiKaine · 1789978561 · focus · HN ↗

   I really don't know what to feel about AI generated code. It's clear that it improves velocity dramatically in code output. It has some value to it. But what is the cost?

   While I code without the help of AI, sometimes I feel like I am being left behind.

   Ohh you wrote only 400 lines today? I shipped a whole app while being in the gym... hits hard.

   1. close2 · 1789979523 · focus · HN ↗

      You are left behind. That's like saying: "I am using punch cards for programming and I feel left behind as others are using real-time IDEs" You don't need to vibe code (and even this is only a matter of time as llms become better and better), but not using AI at all will definitely leave you behind.

      1. coldtea · 1789980301 · focus · HN ↗

         As an AI user you're not that different from the punch cards programmer.

         You're more like a cobbler who adopted some new electrical tools for their craft, and feel smug against backwards cobblers using manual tools, while in the meantime the newer versions of those tools in the form of factory automation move in to make the whole craft obsolete.

         1. sanswork · 1789980527 · focus · HN ↗

            "Becoming an engineering manager will leave you unemployed"

            1. coldtea · 1789997053 · focus · HN ↗

               It very well may. Quite a few among those that have been fired because of AI (or at least, with the companies claiming AI as the cause).

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