Are you sure, that the code works correctly? ;)

Now, imagine, what you would do, if you never learned to read the code.

As you were always using only AI.

Anyway, coding is much simpler and easier than reading someone else's code. And I rather code it myself than spend time to actually read and study what AI has outputted. As at the end, I need to know that code works.

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At one point, my former boss was explaining to me, how they were hired by some plane making company, to improve their firmware for controlling rear flaps. They have found some float problem and were flying to meeting, to explain what the issue was. (edit:) While flying, they figured out that they are flying with plane having that exact firmware.

Regarding your plane story, I can't help but notice that the fact this plane was in operation, and they were willing to fly on it, implies the problem wasn't that big of an issue.

Are you sure code from another developer (junior or not) works correctly? Or that it is secure? You have the same need to review the code regardless of the source.

This is how non-engineers have always lived! The code is a black box, but Product Managers develop a sense of whether the developer really understood what they meant, the QA team verifies the outputs, etc.

I'm uncertain if MY code works correctly lol. I know many code-illiterate folk; some of them I call "boss" or "client." They get along fine dining on my spaghetti. I do likewise never touching the wheel/pedals on my car's 45-minute commute to work.

Will someone eventually be scraping me off of the highway? Will my bosses stop printing money with my code? Possibly! But that's life -- our world is built upon trust, not correctness.