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by suzzer99 109 days ago
If the AI can just refactor the whole app whenever it wants w/o taking a person-month of effort, and you have rock-solid tests for everything, maybe human code comprehension isn't necessary?

Yes I am aware this means my job is gone.
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MattRix 109 days ago
Yup. This is exactly what is going to happen. It’s strange that so many people here can’t seem to extrapolate from the current state of things. It’s inevitable.
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suzzer99 109 days ago
My guess is humans will still be necessary for financial, life-or-death, and mission-critical software. But what % of developer jobs work on those systems? 5%?
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