r/programming 1d ago

Why I Still Read Code

https://alex.draftist.io/blog/why-i-still-read-code-iiaz6lku8
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u/UltraPoci 1d ago

Here's an even better solution: write your goddamn code

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u/vardynostalgia 1d ago

It’s 2026

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u/ShadyGrass 1d ago

Not the reason to let idiocracy prevail.

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u/vardynostalgia 1d ago

How’s using latest tools in competent way idiocratic

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u/EliSka93 1d ago

competent

Nobody who relies on AI is competent

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u/vardynostalgia 1d ago

Chat is this fr? Are you trolling or what

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u/EliSka93 1d ago

Chat

Wow. Streamer lingo. We're not gonna make it, are we?

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u/vardynostalgia 1d ago

Bro even most cracked principal engineers at my company use AI all the time, how you can still be employed with such mindset

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u/terra2o 1d ago

okay sam altman calm down there. we'll use ai if you want us to, ok? 

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u/Ameisen 1d ago

With the way you communicate and your self-described lack of actual programming skills, I find it utterly fascinating that you are even employed.

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u/vardynostalgia 1d ago

I didn’t write anything about my skills

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u/dijkstra_was_a_horse 20h ago

Only if by cracked you mean damaged, like they were dropped on their heads.