It's a false dichotomy. Something that
s "just another tool" can still have the capacity to end the world as we know it.
Steam engine and electricity ended the world as 99% of human history knew it. Nuclear bombs can very well end the world as we know it, or even end it altogether literally.
When we constraint the scope to coding, AI can very much end it, if not for everybody, for the huge majority of current professionals - they'll either be out of a job, or glorified prompt jockeys, and both cases would be "the end of coding as we know it" for them.
justinpaulson•8h ago
I think "glorified prompt jockeys" is an interesting description, and reminds me of the term "code monkey." I feel that the real job is to be a "product developer", and it always has been.
Whether I'm a "glorified code monkey" or a "glorified prompt jockey", I'm still just trying to create a product as quickly as I can and add value to the process along the way (maybe that's the glorified part?).
Now, we can spend even more time focusing on making a good product for users and less time on coding abstractions.
taylodl•7h ago
- Visual Studio changed coding as we knew it
- SQL changed coding as we knew it
- Haskell changed coding as we knew it
- APL changed coding as we knew it
- HTML + CSS + JavaScript changed coding as we knew it
I could go on and on and on and on, I'm just violently agreeing with you! :)
Will AI change coding as we know it? Yes! And for many of us, it already has!
gregplaysguitar•7h ago
The fact that it is both the end of coding as we know it and also just another tool is essentially the point of the post. It doesn’t quite come through in the title.
coldtea•8h ago
Steam engine and electricity ended the world as 99% of human history knew it. Nuclear bombs can very well end the world as we know it, or even end it altogether literally.
When we constraint the scope to coding, AI can very much end it, if not for everybody, for the huge majority of current professionals - they'll either be out of a job, or glorified prompt jockeys, and both cases would be "the end of coding as we know it" for them.
justinpaulson•8h ago
Whether I'm a "glorified code monkey" or a "glorified prompt jockey", I'm still just trying to create a product as quickly as I can and add value to the process along the way (maybe that's the glorified part?).
Now, we can spend even more time focusing on making a good product for users and less time on coding abstractions.
taylodl•7h ago
- SQL changed coding as we knew it
- Haskell changed coding as we knew it
- APL changed coding as we knew it
- HTML + CSS + JavaScript changed coding as we knew it
I could go on and on and on and on, I'm just violently agreeing with you! :)
Will AI change coding as we know it? Yes! And for many of us, it already has!
gregplaysguitar•7h ago