| ▲ | tonyedgecombe 6 hours ago | |
> This last, I dunno, 35 years or so, Visual Basic, Delphi, whatnot, producing code has been very easy I’m not so sure about that. It’s very easy to take your own knowledge for granted. Most people can’t do what we do. Most of my customers couldn’t even express what they wanted. | ||
| ▲ | habitable5 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
> Most of my customers couldn’t even express what they wanted. And AI doesn't help with that. At all. This is the part where I said figuring out what to build is hard. | ||
| ▲ | dave_sid 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Exactly. Software development is 20% of what your average software developer does. Figuring out what to build is a skill some don’t even realise they are doing every day, and it’s an incredibly valuable skill. | ||