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AI coding has made CI a bottleneck, so we reworked ours to keep up

317 points · 408 comments · julian_digital

  1. aliclark · · focus · HN ↗
    In my case it's not the CI that's the bottleneck. It's the human testing side. Does it work, sure. But does it actually do the thing we want (and more importantly) does it do it in a way our customers will understand and actually like?
    1. Sharlin · · focus · HN ↗
      Clearly you have to replace obsolete human testers with agentic AI testers, duh.

      At some point, with all this velocity, human users become the bottleneck, unable to keep up with and learn all the changes and new features. Luckily, there's a simple solution: just replace the human users with agentic AI users.

      1. dwaltrip · · focus · HN ↗
        Maybe we can also replace the customers with agentic consumers.
        1. oblio · · focus · HN ↗
          > The forceful executive, Henry Ford II, and the leader of the automobile workers union, Walter Reuther, both saw many examples of advanced machinery operating at the plant. The words they exchanged brilliantly encapsulated the paradox of automation:

          > Henry Ford II: Walter, how are you going to get those robots to pay your union dues?

          > Walter Reuther: Henry, how are you going to get them to buy your cars?

          <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;quoteinvestigator.com&#x2F;2011&#x2F;11&#x2F;16&#x2F;robots-buy-cars&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;quoteinvestigator.com&#x2F;2011&#x2F;11&#x2F;16&#x2F;robots-buy-cars&#x2F;

        2. hapticmonkey · · focus · HN ↗
          If AI takes over the job market, they’ll have to. There won’t be enough humans with income to pay for things. The machines can crank out exponentially more code each day and maybe us silly humans can find something else to do with our time.
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