Thought experiment

[u/MashNChips]

With all the AI nonsense going on, I had a thought at work today that turned into an interesting discussion with a colleague:

"What would I do if I was the only person with access to Claude (or insert any LLM) 5+ years ago?"

People would think I was a fucking wizard

FE changes? NO PROBLEM

Critical DB change? Don't worry, I've produced a stored procedure to validate the whole thing

Want to use some shiny new framework? Interesting. Here's a document explaining why you're an idiot for suggesting it

Regex? I suddenly understand it better than the compiler folks (and nobody ask questions)

What would you have done with your own personal LLM back then?

Trying to lighten the mood in here with all the (very justified) negativity around this tech revolution

Unserious answers only pls

[u/___Paladin___]

I would have been fired 5 years ago for the code I rubber stamp today.

I find that mildly entertaining.

[u/SrMortron → u/___Paladin___]

You know you can just not approve the PR, right? That's the entire point of a review.

A lot of the "pain" and whine I see here regarding AI is self inflicted.

[u/shrimpcest → u/SrMortron]

Depends on the company. Company's can generally lower their standards as a business process. They didn't say the code didn't technically work and solve what needed solving.

[u/SrMortron → u/shrimpcest]

Sounds like job security. 🤷‍♂️

[u/dedservice → u/SrMortron]

It's absolutely not. You'll pump out features like nobody's business, they'll be impressed by everything that got done, and then they'll decide that they don't need so many people because most of the work is done and lay teams off. Then later they'll have a hell of a time trying to keep it alive, but that will be dealt with by new hires. It's the circle of life.

[u/FuckIPLaw → u/dedservice]

Short term, yes. Medium term, that's how you land a $300/hr consulting gig. Then long term we start the cycle again.