Re:AI will fuck you up if you're not on board
by mooreds on Monday March 09, 2026 @07:37AM
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I think this is true.
The closest analogy for AI, IMO, is not intellisense or auto-complete. It is cloud (there's a case to be made for compilers too; I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader).
Cloud, like AI:
* transformed hard things that took a lot of time and expertise into simpler things (do you remember setting up database replication?)
* came with a lot of hype but ultimately provided a lot of value (do you remember grid computing?)
* had plenty of skeptics (see this reddit thread which has some examples[0])
* was adopted at various speeds depending on the person and company
* caused security concerns[1]
In the end, people found a place for cloud. It is still growing, but not everything will run on cloud.
The same is true of AI. People will find a place for it. It won't do everything. But just as many sysadmins were forced to adapt to cloud, many developers will be forced to adapt to AI.
The closest analogy for AI, IMO, is not intellisense or auto-complete. It is cloud (there's a case to be made for compilers too; I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader).
Cloud, like AI:
* transformed hard things that took a lot of time and expertise into simpler things (do you remember setting up database replication?)
* came with a lot of hype but ultimately provided a lot of value (do you remember grid computing?)
* had plenty of skeptics (see this reddit thread which has some examples[0])
* was adopted at various speeds depending on the person and company
* caused security concerns[1]
In the end, people found a place for cloud. It is still growing, but not everything will run on cloud.
The same is true of AI. People will find a place for it. It won't do everything. But just as many sysadmins were forced to adapt to cloud, many developers will be forced to adapt to AI.
0: https://www.reddit.com/r/aws/comments/59ty7u/which_companies...
1: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S10848...