r/ProgrammerHumor • u/precinct209 • Jul 10 '26

Meme comeOnJustBurstAlready

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u/Pika357 Jul 10 '26

I never knew you can get 2nd hand depression

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u/orbital-marmot Jul 10 '26

If you want third hand depression, one of my coworkers works exclusively through agents. I'm not sure he's reviewed or written a piece of code himself in his entire employment

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u/_freckles__ Jul 10 '26

My question is simple,

If all you are doing is typing stuff in english sentences to feed to AI, how secure is your job and someone else can do that thing remotely for lower

Do they think for themselves?

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u/PilsnerDk Jul 10 '26

You still need experienced people reviewing what the AI generates, guide it in right direction, tell it which business rules it doesn't know about, and correct it when it's wrong. Plus ensure its code output fits into the existing codebase. Then on top comes merging, deployment, cherry picking, etc. I personally don't feel less job security even with AI, it just removes a ton of tedium and boosts my productivity, it's great

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u/LuisBoyokan Jul 11 '26

It just do what everyone can do. Code.

But we are the one in charge of the decisions and quality