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Re:100x More Programmers by dude250711 on Friday November 06, 2026 @04:26AM (#50390118)
Sandy: "Wait a minute, if AI can do that so easily, surely it will automate my job and make me redundant very soon?"

"Welcome to programming" he told her.

Re:100x More Programmers by usacoder on Friday November 06, 2026 @06:17AM (#50390956)
The All-In podcasters keep telling us not to worry because we will have more time on our hands to do other things. We will have more time on our hands because we'll be out of work.
Re:100x More Programmers by xx__yy on Friday November 06, 2026 @07:19AM (#50391496)
Doubt. But I had a thought. Excel runs the world, but is AI the new spreadsheet. Let me elaborate, a lot of small to medium sized businesses run their businesses on Excel, I see it all the time, real estate, property management, businesses in construction, your kid's school canteen, ...

But now it's affordable to just use plain English to describe what you want, and easier than spreadsheets. Heck, just get AI to work your spreadsheets.