Adam Jacob
It’s not slop. It’s not forgetting first principles. It’s a shift in how the craft work, and it’s already happened.
This post just doubled down without presenting any kind of argument. Bruce Perens
Do not underestimate the degree to which mostly-competent programmers are unaware of what goes on inside the compiler and the hardware.
Now take the median dev, compress his lack of knowledge into a lossy model, and rent that out as everyone's new source of truth.
"I don't need to know about hardware, I'm writing software."
"I don't need to know about software engineering, I'm writing code."
"I don't need to know how to design tests, ____ vibe-coded it for me."