alt Hacker NewsA lot of it seems to be resistance to change. People are afraid their skillset may be losing relevance, and instead of making any effort to adapt, they try to resist the change.
A lot of it seems to be resistance to change. People are afraid their skillset may be losing relevance, and instead of making any effort to adapt, they try to resist the change.
I suspect there's more to it than that. Some people are sprinting with this stuff, but it seems that many more are bouncing off it, bruised. It's a tell. Something is different.
It's an entirely new way of thinking, nobody is telling you the rules of the game. Everything that didn't work last month works this month, and everything you learned two months ago, you need to throw away. Coding assistants are inscrutable, overwhelming and bristling with sharp edges. It's easier than ever to paint yourself into a corner.
Back when it took weeks to put out a feature, you were insulated from the consequences of bad architecture, coding and communication skills: by the time things get bad enough to be noticed, the work had been done months ago and everyone on the team had touched the code. Now you can seeing the consequences of poor planning, poor skills, poor articulation being run to their logical conclusion in an afternoon.
I'm sure there are more reasons.