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Re:'AI' Is Not a Tool by Rich Hickey by didibus on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @04:08PM (#50094324)
I also think it means you have to operate very differently around it, it's about guardrails, quality assurance, funneling context, keeping output in check, emphasizing what matters and doesn't, etc.

It's less about code structure, maintainability, readability, algos, class/function abstractions, etc.

And to Rich's point, you're not getting to experience the process of coding anymore, what you'd have learned by doing it, about the domain, about logic, about structure, you're missing on that. You're likely learning something else though, at a higher plane, and maybe about managing autonomous agents, and so on.

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