alt Hacker NewsI'm truly hopeful that AI will open a new of prototyping. Back in the day, prototyping was how you figured out what to build, you'd very deliberately toss the entire first (or second!) version, and you'd plan to do that.
High quality ensued. Usually ;)
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Most places I've worked, devs were basically afraid to prototype
Either you would get chastised for wasting time with prototypes, or worse, your prototype would end up in production
I think the software industry really needs a cultural reset to embrace slower and deliberate development to build quality, but unfortunately AI has us racing recklessly in the wrong direction
I am so tired of it. Are there any companies out there that actually give devs time to build quality software anymore? I'm so burned out of the "move fast and break everything" grind
Now it's possible to toss many more. :)
I think this is nonsense.
Prototyping already existed - how do you think the iPhone came into existence?
Might be the opposite in some orgs. Higher ups in working with get visibly annoyed when you start talking about prototypes or trying something out in isolation, they don’t see why you wouldn’t just work with the real codebase and end the project with a PR.
Also seeing a lot of managerial class bypassing the PR system entirely and just committing to main “because it’s faster”.