alt Hacker NewsA well considered article, despite the author categorizing it as a rant. I appreciate the appendix quotations, as well as the acknowledgement that they are appeals to authority.
Whilst the author clearly has a belief that falls down on one side of the debate, I hope folks can engage with the "Should we abandon everything we know" question, which I think is the crux of things. Evidence that AI-driven-development is a valuable paradigm shift is thin on the ground, and we've done paradigm shifts before which did not really work out, despite massive support for them at the time. (Object-Oriented-Everything, Scrum, etc.)
I didn't set out to teach you anything, change your behavior, or give you practical takeaways, so it's a rant (: Emotions can be expressed with citations.
I am fully on board with gen AI representing a paradigm shift in software development. I tried to be careful not to take a stance on other debates in the larger conversation. I just saw too many people talking about how much code they're generating as proof statements when discussing LLMs. I think that, specifically---i.e., using LOC generated as the basis of any meaningful argument about effectiveness or productivity---is a silly thing to do. There are plenty of other things we should discuss besides LOC.