alt Hacker News>Writing code by hand will always be around for bespoke and novel, complex work.
That sentence is probably the key.
There is zero chance of this stopping overall.
Much like with artists 90% of the commercial stuff - copy/ads with generic guy in suit picture - will be AI that is "good enough".
Less concerned about the code quality and more the labour market dynamics. If this goes anything like translation & creative space did then there is going to be a brutal shakeup where competition for remaining "real" seats gets intense
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> Much like with artists 90% of the commercial stuff - copy/ads with generic guy in suit picture - will be AI that is "good enough".
Eh, wouldn't be sure. Every time I see slop in such a context, it makes my day worse. And usually ensures I wouldn't go to that business, or at least unconsciously biases me against it.
We now have more work, not less. Engineers can finally address security and tech debt! Surely businesses will see the value in that. Right?