What AI Hype Misses About Real Software Engineering Work
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dtgeadamoAuthor
3 months ago
AI coding tools are brilliant at creating new code. But most engineers don’t just create new code. They work in legacy systems, where the challenge isn’t writing, it’s understanding. We need more than just generation from AI coding tools. We also need comprehension.
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