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Re:AI didn't simplify software engineering: It just made bad... by furyofantares on Saturday March 14, 2026 @11:55AM (#47377921)
Well, it's made bad engineering massively easier and good engineering a little easier.

So much so that many people who were doing good engineering before have opted to move to doing three times as much bad engineering instead of doing 10% more good engineering.

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Re:AI didn't simplify software engineering: It just made bad... by queenkjuul on Sunday March 15, 2026 @03:11AM (#47385008)
This is precisely my experience at work. Mid-levels who used to produce good code are now producing LLM code.
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