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Re:LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer by turtletontine on Thursday April 02, 2026 @02:16PM (#47618117)
> These two sentences highlight the underlying problem: Developers without an ethical backbone, or who are powerless to push back on unethical projects.

One reason your boss is eager to replace everyone with language models, they won’t have any “ethical backbone” :’)

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Re:LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer by DrewADesign on Thursday April 02, 2026 @02:43PM (#47618488)
Many developers overestimate their agency without extremely high labor demand. We got a say because replacing us was painful, not because of our ethics and wisdom. Without that leverage, developers are cogs just like every other part of the machine.
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Re:LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer by sdeframond on Thursday April 02, 2026 @04:23PM (#47619689)
No-one replaced developers when we got IDEs and CIs and such. We just produced more software faster.

Same with LLMs. This is a race. Competent people are in demand.

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