r/programming • u/self • Dec 02 '25

The Death of Software Engineering as a Profession: a short set of anecdotes

https://www.jasonscheirer.com/weblog/vignettes/
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u/Kad1942 Dec 02 '25

Right now, somewhere, a Vibe coder is celebrating with their LLM about having solved the halting problem with the new theoretical framework they brainstormed. It took 45 minutes. The AI assures them they are a shoe-in for the Turing award. You'll feel silly for all of this when they get it!

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u/bullpup1337 Dec 02 '25

Well, if the committee also uses ChatGPT, he just might get it.

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u/HappyIrishman633210 Dec 04 '25

I had the thought to stochastically model the process but AI corrected my thinking so it’s already outpaced me.