Comment by mortalapeman

3 days ago

As a senior dev who has been using these tools to their fullest effectiveness in production environments, until AI can reduce the entropy of a codebase while still adding capability I will continue to be underwhelmed.

Did you ever ask it to do that?

  • Did one ever ask if AI can reduce entropy of a growing code base? You mustn’t have read that famous short story by Asimov.

  • "They Don't Think It Be Like It Is But It Do", is all I can think.

    The simple truth is, these senior devs have no idea how to use these new tools to their capabilities.

    It's a simple case of PEBCAK; ironic considering most of them would be the ones throwing that term around 20 years ago.