Comment by techblueberry
6 days ago
I think AI assisted coding is a new job requirement, and I think the more I do it the more I’m convinced it’s going to wreck productivity. And it’s not because these tools aren’t as good as people say they are, it’s because they’re too good.
Everyone talking about vibe coding all your dependencies and the problem is that the people who are good with these tools and do get 50% or greater productivity benefits won’t be able to empathize with the people who are bad with these tools and create all the slop.
I think AI encourages people to take side quests to solve easy problems and not focus on hard problems.
That without domain expertise problems will compound themselves. But I dunno, I agree that they’re here to stay.
I'm already seeing people becoming enamored and proud of output quantity over quality. There were always people off focusing on tangents and low value efforts. Now they can drown an entire team or org in low effort(or low valu) slop.
It'll require stronger and more frequent push back to keep under control.