[killerstorm]

The part of brain which cares about efficiency and waste have "atrophied" decades ago in most devs. More likely they just never cared...

E.g.

> A 1.6GB Docker image for a Node app. Every code change rebuilds npm install from scratch. CI takes 8 minutes for a one-line fix.

> The team's proposal: add more CI runners.

Would it be surprising if that team makes a React app which does 10x more requests than necessary, has 10x more JS code than necessary, flickers, etc. People just don't care, and it has nothing to do with AI. "Engineering" is too big of a word for this kind of activity.

On the other hand, I think AI can amplify capabilities of those people who still care, and it's a good thing.