[waynecochran]

    ... I believe many programmers at this point have less impact they could have because they look at the code.

I think my strength is now more in my ability as a mathematician and a writer than as a programmer. Being able to write detailed specs and doing QA by testing is far more productive than looking at code.

[hollowturtle]

Right don't do that then when you have a floating point problem or an integer overflow let's see if your ability as a mathematician helps or if you need to know the machine and the code

[waynecochran]

That is the part Claude can handle and actually does. In fact, recently claude automaticaly converted some spline generating code to double precision and did some other refactoring as well after it realized poor results thru tests it generated on its own! I was gobsmacked!

[hollowturtle]

Unimpressive slot machine, it will betray you sooner than later and pay a real price

[waynecochran]

I am shipping sophisticated computer vision code that is more reliable and better tested than ever before. This isn't some vibe coded bullsh*t. This is me writing detailed mathematical specs and it do all the heavy lifting.