[thunky]

> By using AI, you learn how to use AI, not necessarily how to build architecturally sound and maintainable software

> will not necessarily make you a more knowledgeable programmer

I think we'd better start separating "building software" from programming, because the act of programming is going to continue to get less and less valuable.

I would argue that programming has been very overvalued for a while even before AI. And the industry believes it's own hype with a healthy dose of elitism mixed in.

But now AI is removing the facade and it's showing that the idea and the architecture is actually the important part, not the coding if it.

[OtomotO]

I find it super ironic that you talk about "the industry believing its own hype" and then continue with a love letter for AI.

[thunky]

Ok. But most developers aren't building AI tech. Instead, they're coding a SPA or CRUD app or something else that's been done 10000 times before, but just doing it slightly differently. That's exactly why LLMs are so good at this kind of (programming) work.

[skydhash]

I would say most people are dealing with tickets and meetings about the tickets more than they are actually spending time with their editor. It may be similar, but that 1 percent difference needs to be nailed down right, as that's where the business lifeline lays.

Also, not all dev jobs are web tech or AI tech.