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Comment by KingMob

16 hours ago

I think it makes sense, if one sees that LLMs exposed various pre-existing splits in the developer world.

Those who viewed code as a means to build something else, are happy to switch to LLMs if they can build that something faster/cheaper.

Whereas, those who liked coding for its own sake, don't want to use LLMs, and fear for their jobs and their happiness.

Unfortunately for the latter group, we're moving to a world where most development is done by LLMs, and only cutting-edge or hobbyist work is done manually. E.g., Japanese artisanal wood-working and joinery is beautiful and elegant... but modern carpentry doesn't build that way.

I used to be paid to go in and fix messes of code, created by juniors who were forced to build things they didn't understand.

Now I get to fix things created by managers who enjoyed building things they still don't understand.