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[–] JFranek@awful.systems 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I don't know why, but it still amazes me how fast some people have went full crackhead with LLM's:

The original KamalamaIt's done the opposite for me. It's removed the play aspect of building software. It's even removed the play aspect of managing people who are building software. And the thought of being a professional code reviewer for the last 20 years of my career makes me want to leave the tech industry.Dare Obasanjo@carnage4life.bsky.socialThe idea that humans will be reviewing this code in two years, let alone twenty, seems far fetched.

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[–] samvines@awful.systems 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The prickly prince has been around for a few years and is now completely one shotted. He is exactly the sort of talentless middle manager that probably could be replaced by AI and thus believes that it really is "that good"

[–] istewart@awful.systems 5 points 4 days ago

is now completely one shotted.

I'm not sure "one-shotted" is a good description for some of these folks. More like they bet against themselves in a rigged game of Russian roulette being played with a fully-loaded Uzi.