Re:AI has a multiplying effect on existing technical skills
by hollowturtle on Friday May 22, 2026 @06:08PM
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> internal tools which aren't production code that can benefit massively from throwaway "write-only code".
First of all internal tools just prove my point. Second can't wait to hear a story of a health care production database blown away because someone was playing with generated tools that "pokes the right things".
We NEED end user experiences that don't suck, and don't keep getting shittier like now, not being able to use a cli for internal tools, it's a skill issue, not everythint needs a shitty ui that taps into an os system calls and blows away as soon as the cli responds with something unexpected
Re:AI has a multiplying effect on existing technical skills
by QuercusMax on Friday May 22, 2026 @06:15PM
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You still have to do the engineering parts of software engineering, you can't just turn off your brain and vibe. Just like you can't with hand-written code. I've seen what an intern with access to prod DB can do.
For example, the testing tool I built explicitly doesn't work in production environment. That was part of my design spec and I manually verified the code and behavior.
There is an enormous untapped market for crappy low-effort apps which previously weren't worth the time - but with the effort so low put together a simple dashboard or one-off tool it becomes much more attractive.