Comment by slopinthebag

Yeah, I don't necessarily disagree assuming those assumptions end up being true. It just wasn't really the point I was trying to make. More about the mentality that you need to keep up with the proverbial Joneses and even sacrifice other things in order to do so, or else you will be left behind. You see this on threads where people are talking about their own personal development as well. Fears about being left behind, or people warning others that if they don't go all-in on agentic development they will be left behind. It just feels so oversimplified, almost philosophically empty.

I can understand fears about employment of course, people need money to live and support their loved ones, but beyond this there is more to life than just slopping out more and more code that "does things" and it's worth considering if there is any real benefit to do so, or even if the negative aspects outweigh the positive ones. I suppose we will find out in real time if everyone's side projects are better to be left unfinished, or finished by vibe coding. It's not so clear to me.

I'm not advocating for not utilising LLM's in companies or whatever, just that prioritising velocity at the expense of everything else might not be so valuable. Of course if there are no downsides than it would be purely valuable, but that basically begs the question lol.