alt Hacker NewsBut the truth is: it doesn't work correctly. I see quality of software dropped significantly.
At work we are integrating with third party platform to automate excel-powered calculations. It is awful. Rendering the table in browser takes 10s or one click on Export button will throw backend in OutOfMemory state.
Ai mirrors the code around it. So if there is bad code or good abstractions, it's going to do the same. Even with good code, it will do bad things, you have to remain in the loop and catch these. It can write good code, it just needs nudging.
I don't disagree there is a lot of slop being produced right now, but I'm still optimistic in the long-run.