News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on AI usage generates a fragile codebase. Parent comment

Re:AI usage generates a fragile codebase by agnishom on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @12:35AM (#50450045)
> you will learn to yield a much, much more powerful weapon.

and that is a means to which end, again? I very much enjoyed the engineering bits of programming: having a deep mental model of how the software works, understanding the architecture, the data structures, the algorithms.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:AI usage generates a fragile codebase by nprateem on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @12:49AM (#50450106)
Shipping code, which is what most of us are paid to do.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:AI usage generates a fragile codebase by eluru on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @02:26AM (#50450638)
Well to ship the product of course, the thing we are paid to do so
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:AI usage generates a fragile codebase by FearNotDaniel on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @07:26AM (#50452629)
Nobody’s going to stop you continuing to enjoy your hobby on your own time. Plenty of amateur blacksmiths, fletchers and chandlers out there having fun. You just need to find a paying job based on a marketable skill with enough leisure time left over to think about that deep mental model.
[ Parent | on HN ]