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  • That was an interesting read… The company I currently work for doesn’t allow AI tools to be fully integrated into our code base. I tinker around with them on my own time, but I’m left wondering what the profession is turning into for other people.

    Here on lemmy, we are definitely in the naysayers camp, but this article is trying to paint the picture that the reality is that almost everyone in tech is all on board and convinced these tools are the way. That writing code by hand is something of the past. The author certainly went to great lengths to recount many interviews with people who seem to share this opinion - many who I will note, have a vested interest in AI. Yet they didn’t really ask anyone who specifically held the opposing viewpoint. Only tangentially mentioning that there were opponents and dismissing them as perhaps diluted.

    I did appreciate that they touched on the difference between greenfield projects and brownfield projects and reported that Google only saw about a 10% increase in productivity with this kind of AI workflow.

    Still I wonder what the future holds and suppose it’s still too early to know how this will all turn out. I will admit that I’m more in the naysayers camp, but perhaps that’s from a fear of losing my livelihood? Am I predisposed to see how these tools are lacking? Have I not given them a fair chance?







  • The application is very resource heavy and is also designed for specific hardware, it can’t be run on the windows laptops we are provided. There are security concerns as well, which limit what I am allowed to do.

    Currently I’m using vnc viewer to open a shell where I can run applications like qtcreator and get a gui interface. I’m sure I could run a local ide and ssh into the vm with it, but I know that can be tricky getting proper code coverage for jump to references to work. I guess I’ll try it and see what happens!






  • No one alive is probably fit to do the job, it’s an impossible task. Those who may come close, would probably never actually want it. And of those who remain who do want it ( which already might make them not worthy for the position) are probably not electable due to the forces of capitalism preventing such a candidate from getting elected.

    So what is left is simply a pragmatic choice of the lesser evil. Many people are acutely aware of this and have gotten over it. I suggest until you manage to enact some sort of drastic systemic change you get it over it as well.







  • Ooof my guy, the comment you originally replied to - to brag about how easy sql is - literally said he had an IT director 20 years ago trying to get everyone in the department to write SQL queries, where did he mention frontend dash boards? How can an IT director be that stupid… what is this thread about and why do you think he shared that anecdote? A thread about idiots asking for stupid shit… I wonder what could possibly be reason, we may never know but I’m sure you’ll explain it to us.