Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This is the industry’s worst nightmare. Because getting generative AI irreparably hooked into educational infrastructures was a key part of their plan to become “inevitable”—and profitable at the taxpayer’s expense. 526634 266
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Yesterday I saw someone here talking about how AI use was inevitable for programmers. Which is interesting to me because the ones i know—in enterprise software dev at least—are all having their jobs made harder by the influx of AI codeslop they now have to review, repair, & back out of the codebase. 720624 206
Rich Burroughs @somewhattolerable.com · 03/09/2026I think there is going to be a lot of burnout in the next few years among the software engineers that are fortunate enough to still have jobs. There are some shops that have a lot of good tests and processes and it’s likely less painful for them, but I expect they are the exceptions. 191 9
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Anyway, remember that things are inevitable right up til the moment they’re not. “Inevitable” describes potential, not reality. It is a nightmare of the future coming to bully those who are asleep—not a description of some kind of logical or pragmatic reality, as some would have us believe. 219347 193
Filth Wizard @tinyweasel.eurosky.social · 03/09/2026It's hard not to use cos it does your job (poorly) for you. But yes I am getting sick of reviewing code written by someone who didn't take time to fully understand it. I miss feeling like I have time to read docs and learn. 150 5
Merisa Martinez @merisamartinez.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I was happy to see this piece from Brett Codes: "I'm done using AI" brettcodes.com/im-done-usin...brettcodes.comI'm done using AIWhy I'm stopping using AI for coding (and anything else) after using it earnestly for a year and coming to understand the harms it causes on personal, societal, and environmental levels. 060 6
E-Something @nullinterface.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Hm, by job title I'm technically a programmer. I've used it - and seen it used - as advanced find-and-replace, a powerful debugger, stub out limited sections of semi-stock code, and to refactor sections of code. Manageable chunks, not vibe coding's potential unlimited technical debt. 100 1
Eva Ogbe @evaogbe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026They are solving the review problem by not reviewing anymore. They throw another bot at the PR and call it a day 120 2
Andboo Haunton 😷🎃 @andrewhinton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I realize some folks have found great utility with it in development & devops and then use the lens of their specific experience to judge/smear everyone with substantial critiques as ignoramuses who haven’t really tried using it since 2023 010 1
