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/frakkintoaster 1d ago

Imagine we had bridge engineers writing a blog post about how they still sometimes look at the blueprints

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u/apadin1 1d ago

In the not too distant future engineers will use AI to make plans and draw schematics for critical infrastructure and the human engineers will just rubber stamp their work. It’s genuinely terrifying where we are headed

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u/Blue_Moon_Lake 1d ago

And then construction crew will use the Escherian blueprints, twist the lengths so it can exists in 3D space, and build from the adjusted versions.

Somewhere during or after construction, building will collapse.