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The Dumbest Move in Tech Right Now: Laying Off Developers Because of AI (ppaolo.substack.com)

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[–] nullPointer 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I use it here and there. it just seems to shift effort from writing code to reading and fixing code. the "amount" of work is about the same.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

I hear that. Given I need practice in refactoring code to improve my skills, it's not useless to me right now but overall it doesn't seem like a net gain.