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The Dumbest Move in Tech Right Now: Laying Off Developers Because of AI (ppaolo.substack.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

AI can absolutely save you time, if you use it right.

That's a very "you" statement.

For all we know, AI cannot in any way save this developer time.

Some developers know their area so well that there's no reason for them to waste time dictating non-code into a guessing machine.