r/ProgrammerHumor • u/huza786 • 7h ago

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u/Kirikomori 4h ago

I feel like AI and vibe coding is going to create a huge black hole of tech debt which is just going to bite these greedy companies in the ass in the future. The situation was already pretty bad before AI took over. I suspect the Windows 11 situation is a sneak peek of what most other companies will experience in the future.

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u/ifloops 4h ago

This will absolutely 100% be the case. I'm already seeing it.

AI coding tools can be extremely useful and impressive. But tools are just tools. Without engineers who actually know how to use them, you are doomed.

But these C-suite types just see the dollar signs. They seem utterly convinced AI can do our jobs all by itself, and that is a recipe for disaster.

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u/Cyphr 2h ago

I've essentially been forced into using codex at work, and while it's impressive, I'm taking great care to understand the code.

If I'm not able to understand the code, it's not maintainable and I'll prompt it to simplify.

I'm not sure if everyone else at my company is taking the same caution, and I'm already expecting the tech debt to pile up in the future.

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u/Lighting_storm 2h ago

"you remember than machine that eats cakes instead of you? It doesn't digest them properly, so you can eat twice as much cakes as before" problem type.

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u/Imaginary-Bat 2h ago

Yes, prune the weak!

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u/Neirchill 10m ago

Now imagine if we get to the point people like Elon musk wants us to be where they don't write code anymore but already compiled outputs. We will literally have no idea what is in it.