alt Hacker NewsAlso, what do you mean "you do not need to review the code". Why did you even start coding in the first place if this is a positive thing?
Did we just stop caring about the art of programming altogether?
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PurpleRamen • today at 9:34 AM
Surprisingly, for some people, the goal is the goal, and they don't care much about the journey.
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> > "you do not need to review the code"
> Did we just stop caring about the art of programming altogether?
Yes. Decades ago for some.
I'm sure there have been a number of significant bugs caused by someone taking work from an outsourced team into production without sufficient review. Or even work from a local junior. Heck, even a local senior!¹
Outsourcing work to GlorifiedPredictiveText and friends should be treated the same was as passing it on to other humans, but at the moment it too often isn't as many have fallen for the marketing. Always remember: the models were trained on public code, and public code is far from always right. And the models hallucinate³ on top of that.
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[1] Around this time last year, I was that senior… Fun times. Luckily no permanent damage done², but that'll teach people not to trust me too much!
[2] It wasn't as smooth as I would have hoped, but the roll-back plan worked.
[3] Going back to the analogy of outsourcing to other humans: this is akin to “making shit up as they go along and hoping for the best”, which also very much happens and has happened for decades.