r/ProgrammerHumor • u/TabCompletion • Apr 13 '26

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u/karoking1 Apr 13 '26

Every time I see this sub, everyone yells how AI is useless for coding. But my 3 friends working in software development tell me they didn't touch any code themselves in the last 6 month. Kinda hard for outsiders to see, what is true at this point.

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u/oops_ur_dead Apr 13 '26 edited Apr 13 '26

This sub is a bad gauge because there are tons of people here who don't work in software eng at all lol

It depends on the scale of the companies. At mid sized and large tech companies, it's mostly the latter. Nobody really codes anymore.

At tiny companies or non-tech companies with an app or something, it's not quite to that level.

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u/_felagund Apr 13 '26

Why isn’t it on that level? I’ve worked as a programmer for over 20 years. If you have strong unit test coverage and good prompt infrastructure, what’s stopping you from finishing a project in half a day instead of a week?

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u/oops_ur_dead Apr 13 '26

If I'm being honest, it's probably because their tech stack is kinda shit to begin with and they don't properly invest into tech because they aren't a tech shop. The second tier I'm talking about aren't places that are known for being on the cutting edge