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“ Like mathematics, software engineers are going to have to rebuild our cultural sense of the kind of work we value.” From the closing is the change I see going in at every job area and level.

My hunch is that this ultimately doubles back to those that excel at story telling and human coordination. As the AI systems “offload” not just production but I believe some initiation of what to build, the “why” and how to rally groups for any appreciably complex work matters more.

I also hope to see a plenty of solo shops succeeding in spaces that used to take entire teams, but (for now) remain convicted human coordination remains a key need for most endeavors.

hirvi74•11m ago

> people would know you were a skilled engineer. But now projects like that are worthless, because everyone just assumes they’re vibe-coded.

I do not really care what other people think. Build something for the purity of building it for yourself or for a purpose.

Thanks to AI, I feel like I have been writing the best code in my life. Yes, writing, not vibe-coding. I mainly just ask questions and ask for hints and clues. I do not use LLMs to do the fun parts for me.

I am currently working on a game. If and when I ever finish it, I want to be able to say that I wrote every single line by hand. Will it make me better than anyone? No, not at all. I want to do it for myself.

daveguy•6m ago

I am 100% certain it will be better quality with you writing it by hand (even with AI pointing out options) than letting the AI string together completely obtuse abstractions.

vouaobrasil•6m ago

Good for you. But some people need others to know that they are skilled to get a job or to be part of a community. You must be one of those priveleged ones moderately far along in your career that you don't need to worry about that.

CuriouslyC•2m ago

In a few years we'll look at this the same way as people who unicycle or blacksmith.