alt Hacker Newsnone of this even kind of addresses why the article implies that people stopped writing good code. why are we going to spend "a lot more reading code than before"? is this an ai generated comment?
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majormajor • today at 1:10 AM
Hm? The article is pretty clear about two claims, IMO: (1) good code has been rare for a long time because the job is a pragmatic one and not a philosophical one but that sometimes "good code" pays off down the line, and (2) possibly the "pays off down the line" will be less important in the future with AI coding tools.
And the comment by 'ElatedOwl is pretty directly responding to that second idea.
The author effectively argues deep thinking is dead, that people are no longer going to take the time to understand the problem and solution space before they solve it.
I think that’s untrue, I think it’s /more/ important than before. I think you’re going to have significantly more leverage with these tools if you’re capable of thinking.
If you’re not, you’re just going to produce garbage extremely fast.
The use of these tools does not preclude you from being the potter at the clay wheel.