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Re:Ask HN: COBOL devs, how are AI coding affecting your work? by egorfine on Monday January 19, 2026 @12:44PM (#46682045)
> it works just well enough to be dangerous

Excellent. I for one fully welcome Prompt Engineers™ into the world of software development.

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Re:Ask HN: COBOL devs, how are AI coding affecting your work? by worksonmine on Monday January 19, 2026 @12:54PM (#46682210)
I assume you don't understand some of the words in the rest of my comment. Or you're a nihilist and enjoy watching everything burn to the ground.

It's all fun and games until actual lives are at stake.

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Re:Ask HN: COBOL devs, how are AI coding affecting your work? by egorfine on Monday January 19, 2026 @01:01PM (#46682334)
I'm watching the voters around the world electing charismatic leaders and then cheering the consequences.

Thus companies electing to replace software developers with AI slop are not of a much surprise to me.

It doesn't matter whether people will die because of AI slop. What matters is keeping Microsoft shareholders happy and they are only happy when there is a growing demand for slop.

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