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Re:Is developer compensation becoming bimodal? by litzer on Friday February 09, 2018 @03:11AM (#16338690)
Most people would consider software that "does software engineering" AI.
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Re:Is developer compensation becoming bimodal? by Swizec on Friday February 09, 2018 @03:17AM (#16338703)
A compiler is software that does software engineering. Saves a lot of time and effort.

Package managers, that used to be hard to do by hand.

Bundlers and linkers, that stuff used to need skilled engineers.

Many other examples

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