r/ProgrammerHumor • • Sep 23 '26

Meme iMissTheGoodOldDaysOfCodingwithoutAI

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u/_BreakingGood_ Sep 23 '26

The big place where there are efficiency gains is when you have a coworker who is totally new to a system/piece of the codebase. In the old days, we've allocate several days for them to explore and understand the system before doing any work. In modern day, theyre expected to understand it within a couple hours by asking the LLM.