alt Hacker NewsAt this point, when people say this I just assume they’ve not used the latest models or haven’t invested time in learning how to use these tools properly.
There’s slop out there, yes, but in the hands of an engineer who cares to use tools well, LLMs allow you to move much more quickly and increase the quality of your output dramatically.
Good software isn't about quantity but quality of the code.
AI cannot produce better quality code than someone who is actually qualified in the problem domain.
What I've seen AI be very good at is creating a lot of legacy code very quickly, which itself needs extensive use of AI just to maintain it.
A decent approach to move quickly for PoC or prototypes, or to enable product managers to build things without a team. But obviously not something you can build a real company on.