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Re:Using AI to write better code more slowly by bottlepalm on Monday May 25, 2026 @11:55PM (#48274792)
Indeed. AI is bumping everyone up to manager level, and having dealt with long PR feedback cycles with humans for years - I don't mind the promotion. Also shipping a v3 is so much nicer than shipping a v1 and dealing the all the corner cases in production.

Before AI, myself and everyone else I knew was drowning in tech debt. And now with AI we are treading water.

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Re:Using AI to write better code more slowly by jfim on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @01:20AM (#48275310)
It's bumping to manager level, except without the 1:1s, quarterly/yearly planning, headcount and budget reviews, org/reorg discussions, performance calibration, and OKR planning. No complaints about the last review cycle or about the upcoming one.
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Re:Using AI to write better code more slowly by baq on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @03:44AM (#48276442)
All the ceremony must be replaced with process optimization, skill extraction, harness development and new model evals.

Still better than dealing with people, but only just.

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Re:Using AI to write better code more slowly by darkwater on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @02:00AM (#48275590)
Totally! But you know what? There are many, oh so many developers that are not ready, don't like and probably are not even cut for this kind of position.
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