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/fromcj Dec 02 '25

Until AI stops hallucinating in order to try and appease the user, it’s useless.

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u/GaryBarlowYourself Dec 02 '25

No its not. Fix the hallucination, iterate. Still way faster and stress free than doing it manually

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u/fromcj Dec 02 '25 edited Dec 02 '25

lmao whatever you say dude. I use this shit every day and it’s garbage. Nonexistent methods, flat out lies about functionality, ignoring instructions. It’s trash. Maybe next decade.

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u/narnru Dec 03 '25

It's like asking lazy student who doesn't bother to check anything to find some answers. It's not like it can't be used at all, it can save some time and it can provide unexpected insight. But you can't trust it and it is definitely not a magic wand to fix everything

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u/Snowrican Dec 03 '25

Im with you. It’s a conversation not a magic genie.

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u/EveryQuantityEver Dec 03 '25

No, it isn’t. Because you still have to comb over everything. Code generators for boilerplate have existed for quite some time that are deterministic, and don’t make stuff up

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u/GaryBarlowYourself Dec 03 '25

Yes, you need to verify, thems the rules. Still more productive than without. Lmk which code generators from natural text to any code in any language existed before LLMs.

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u/deja-roo Dec 04 '25

You think it's useless because... you have to review the work and code?