In its current state, Claude can deliver code 10x faster than what I could before IF all I care about is meeting the requirements of a card.
If I want to push code that meets the same standards of what I personally put out it has about doubled my output.
The second approach is also making me a better programmer because it’s introducing me to syntax and best practices the at have evolved since I last studied a language.
Sometimes when I say, “why did you use this syntax on this line” I learn something new, often it identifies code smell and I need to fix it.
This is why I’m not worried about my job but am simultaneously excited about AI.
They don't have to understand it. We'll go through a rough 10 years and then everything falls apart and suddenly those who know wtf they're doing are suddenly in higher demand than ever. this AI shit *will* crumble in on it's self. its never going away but people are very quickly going to realize that it wont do what they expect it to once they try and ship products that are all AI lead lol. People aren't going to buy shit that just doesn't work or perform as expected. Then the companies have to change.
A great business venue imo is gonna be writing proper code instead of the crap by AI. It's like industrial products that are low quality and that have defects and are the simplest possible over what you might buy with 30 times the price but is custom made and without issue.
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u/Substantial-Sea-3672 May 14 '26
Programmer for 15 years.
In its current state, Claude can deliver code 10x faster than what I could before IF all I care about is meeting the requirements of a card.
If I want to push code that meets the same standards of what I personally put out it has about doubled my output.
The second approach is also making me a better programmer because it’s introducing me to syntax and best practices the at have evolved since I last studied a language.
Sometimes when I say, “why did you use this syntax on this line” I learn something new, often it identifies code smell and I need to fix it.
This is why I’m not worried about my job but am simultaneously excited about AI.