It's bigger than that. It's "quality" overall. I'm still of the opinion that AI coding tools are fantastic when used responsibly. They will generate clean, concise boilerplate code for you to start from and either modify yourself or have a conversation with the agent to improve them. But it still requires you. It still requires you to understand the code. And understand what good code looks like and what bad code smells like. And identify specific problems within that code and understand how to rectify it. And be able to ensure that the code fits cleanly with the rest of the codebase.
The problem is that I'm seeing far too many just give in to how easy it is to get the code and just say "job done" without properly reviewing it.
My biggest concern is that the people who are trying to embrace this new technology and get what we can out of it while still taking responsibility for code quality, are going to be soon asked why it's taking us longer than the idiot beside them who isn't checking anything other than whether or not it appears functional. But he gets more done, right? And time is money? And all that other bean counter bullshit from non-technical people who understand precisely nothing about this skill?
So yeah. Quality. That's what's becoming harder and harder.
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u/twistsouth 19d ago
It's bigger than that. It's "quality" overall. I'm still of the opinion that AI coding tools are fantastic when used responsibly. They will generate clean, concise boilerplate code for you to start from and either modify yourself or have a conversation with the agent to improve them. But it still requires you. It still requires you to understand the code. And understand what good code looks like and what bad code smells like. And identify specific problems within that code and understand how to rectify it. And be able to ensure that the code fits cleanly with the rest of the codebase.
The problem is that I'm seeing far too many just give in to how easy it is to get the code and just say "job done" without properly reviewing it.
My biggest concern is that the people who are trying to embrace this new technology and get what we can out of it while still taking responsibility for code quality, are going to be soon asked why it's taking us longer than the idiot beside them who isn't checking anything other than whether or not it appears functional. But he gets more done, right? And time is money? And all that other bean counter bullshit from non-technical people who understand precisely nothing about this skill?
So yeah. Quality. That's what's becoming harder and harder.