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Re:The gruesome new data on tech jobs by tpoacher on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @06:44AM (#46056455)
> but the speed is unbeatable

... for "now". Wait until the debt kicks in.

> But we don’t need as many devs. We’re shipping like crazy with a small team.

... for "now". Wait until the debt kicks in.

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Re:The gruesome new data on tech jobs by billy99k on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @09:39AM (#46057789)
If you mean technical debt, this can be prevented with a good senior reviewing all of the code.
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Re:The gruesome new data on tech jobs by FranzFerdiNaN on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @10:05AM (#46058059)
And then your good senior leaves and you're stuck with a bunch of juniors who mostly vibe coded for the past X months or god forbid years.
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Re:The gruesome new data on tech jobs by billy99k on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @06:06PM (#46063340)
The point is that you don't allow vibe coded slop to get into production by having seniors review it first.
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Re:The gruesome new data on tech jobs by SR2Z on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @12:44PM (#46060176)
Or more accurately, it will be resolved in the inevitable AI refactoring.
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