Comment by ElatedOwl

> This post brings up a lot of (imo true) points that I honestly can't share with the ai-lovers at work because they will just get in a huff. But the OP is right - we automate stuff we don't value doing, and the people automating all their code-gen have made a very clear statement about what they want to be doing - they want _results_ and don't actually care about the code (which includes ideas like testing, maintainability, consistent structure, etc).

I havent run into this type yet, thankfully. As an AI lover, the architecture of the code is more important than before.

* It’s harder to understand code you didn’t write line by line, readability is more important than it was before.

* Code is being produced faster and with lower bars; code collapsing under its own shitty weight becomes more of a problem than it was before.

* Tests/compiler feedback helps AI self correct its code without you having to intervene; this is, again, more important than it was before.

All the problems I liked thinking about before AI are how I spend my time. Do I remember specific ActiveRecord syntax anymore? No. But that was always a Google search away. Do I care about what those ORM calls actually generate SQL wise and do with the planner? Yes, and in fact it’s easier to get at that information now.