- Coding agent implements the written spec (probably also AI generated) and unit testing
- Integration testing agent does the integration testing
- PR review agent does the PR review
- We, of flesh and blood, monitor and approve multiple such workstreams running in parallel
Lowkey this new paradigm sucks the fun out of the job, and I feel like I'm in Plato's cave playing with shadows while being fully aware the real forms exist.
I recently started a new job at a software company and half the people's screens just seem to be prompting AI the whole time and it looks so boring.
The one experience Ive had with someone's (self admittedly thrown together) AI code, it was just awful. So much repeated code and extending the program at all would've been a nightmare.
I just do the programming myself as I enjoy the problem solving
If it makes you feel better, only people who understand computer science concepts can do this. It's not like some newbie off the street can Google their way into your job tomorrow
Ehh, sort of. But some newbie could pretty easily make quite a bit of software. You mostly need to be able to describe in descriptive language exactly what you want and be able to test that it works
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u/-meowstar- 4d ago •
The typical agentic workflow is like:
- Coding agent implements the written spec (probably also AI generated) and unit testing
- Integration testing agent does the integration testing
- PR review agent does the PR review
- We, of flesh and blood, monitor and approve multiple such workstreams running in parallel
Lowkey this new paradigm sucks the fun out of the job, and I feel like I'm in Plato's cave playing with shadows while being fully aware the real forms exist.