Thomas Ptacek with his post ”My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts” is making the rounds and I have to say it’s great to see. Everything he writes encapsulates how I feel about the current times. From the responsibility:
Are you a vibe coding Youtuber? Can you not read code? If so: astute point. Otherwise: what the fuck is wrong with you? You’ve always been responsible for what you merge to main. You were five years go. And you are tomorrow, whether or not you use an LLM.
To the job:
Reading other people’s code is part of the job. If you can’t metabolize the boring, repetitive code an LLM generates: skills issue! How are you handling the chaos human developers turn out on a deadline?
To the future:
So does open source. We used to pay good money for databases. We’re a field premised on automating other people’s jobs away. “Productivity gains,” say the economists. You get what that means, right? Fewer people doing the same stuff. Talked to a travel agent lately? Or a floor broker? Or a record store clerk? Or a darkroom tech?
The entire post is a worthwhile read so do yourself a favor and make some time to read it.