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jdjdjssh··on A Step Behind the Bleeding Edge: A Philosophy on AI in Dev
I’m not sure what you’re getting at. I’m saying there’s a lot more to creating useful software than “tests pass / limited functionality checks work” from a purely technical perspective.
jdjdjssh··on A Step Behind the Bleeding Edge: A Philosophy on AI in Dev
> If the code passes tests, and also works at the functionality level

Why doesn’t outsourcing work if this is all that is needed?

jdjdjssh··on A Step Behind the Bleeding Edge: A Philosophy on AI in Dev
Yep, this is the big sticking point. Reviewing code properly is and was the bottle neck. However, with humans I trusted, I could ignore most of their work and focus on where they knew they needed a review. That kind of trust is worth a lot of money and lets you move really fast.

> I need time to sit with it

Everyone knows doing the work yourself is faster than reviewing somebody elses if you don’t trust them. I’d argue if AI ever gets to the point where you fully trust it, all white collar jobs are gone.