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by btbuildem 37 days ago
I agree - AI makes it easier to wrangle legacy code. I think the author's point is that if you lose access to the AI tools, everything becomes more daunting -- because you've been comfortably moving mountains with heavy equipment, and now it's back to hand tools.
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That is true, but if you lost access to modern computers and had to do everything by punchcard you would lose productivity too. I kinda dont like that argument