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Re:Has the cost of building software just dropped 90%? by hurturue on Monday December 08, 2025 @06:27PM (#46199125)
when compiler appeared assembly programmers would complain all day how ugly and inneficient the generated code was

if you want to get the productivity gain you need to figure out how to solve the code review problem

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Re:Has the cost of building software just dropped 90%? by bccdee on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @12:01AM (#46201414)
Your solution is, "just ship worse code, it's probably fine"?

I think it's your standards that have fallen 90%…

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Re:Has the cost of building software just dropped 90%? by onehair on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @01:44AM (#46201956)
No not, worse code. Wrong code. Code filled with bugs. Code filled with lawsuits too. Code that make you look productive this month while you prepare to leave the company, and turn out to be absolute pooopoo the day after you leave.
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Re:Has the cost of building software just dropped 90%? by jdmoreira on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @02:38AM (#46202286)
I think there might be something here! a core of truth about what the future might hold. I cant take this approach right now though. Its not a good approach today.
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Re:Has the cost of building software just dropped 90%? by christophilus on Tuesday December 09, 2025 @08:07AM (#46204539)
But did the generated code do what you told it to do and was it deterministic? LLMs aren’t the same at all. That metaphor doesn’t work.
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