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jplusequalttoday at 1:15 AM2 repliesview on HN

I believe this type of person exists.

My team lead has worked on the same software for 30 years. He has the ability to hear me discuss a bug I noticed, and then pinpoint not only the likely culprit, but the exact function that's causing it.


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DougN7today at 1:22 AM

I do the same thing in a project I’ve worked on for 25 years. I’ve had mediocre at best results with AI. It’s useful to discuss concepts with, but the code never handles the nuances of the edge cases.

reassess_blindtoday at 1:40 AM

Then they quit or die.

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