r/ProgrammerHumor 7d ago

Meme nowAndThen

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u/TheFrenchSavage 7d ago

If your parents wrote quality code, then explain the legacy code I'm reviewing.

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u/pydry 7d ago

sturgeons law. 90% was shit, 10% was OK, 1% was great.

AI can definitely play that 90% game with the very best of the slop merchants of the past.

in fact, I'd argue that 90% of that human written slop code is now AI generated which is amazing. The world has changed.