alt Hacker NewsI always wanted this for Python but now that machines write code instead of humans I feel like languages like Python will not be needed as much anymore. They're made for humans, not machines. If a machine is going to do the dirty work I want it to produce something lean, fast, and strictly verified.
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We got daguerrotypes, and then photographic film, and then digital cameras, along with image editing software, and now AI image generation systems; yet there are still people who go out and apply oil paints to a canvas with natural hair brushes. I'm not willing to lose that.
Pretty much my thoughts the other day... now that Codex does the writing, maybe I can finally switch to Go for the web backend stuff without being annoyed by some of its archaisms and gain significant execution performance, while still having a relatively easy to read language.
AI, write me that sqlalchemy clone in <lang>
> now that machines write code instead of humans
That is not remotely the case for anyone who produces quality work.