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I'm a lead engineer and I've barely written code directly in weeks, yet I've shipped side projects and continued shipping at work
abustamam on Hacker News
In the thread “The recurring dream of replacing developers”
Helped: Designing systems, decomposing problems, and supplying technical judgment.
I think what often gets lost in the "AI is replacing developers" framing is that someone still has to technically steer the system. I'm a lead engineer and I've barely written code directly in weeks, yet I've shipped side projects and continued shipping at work. My job hasn't disappeared. …