> only a fool would pretend he can do everything the same without it now

Unless you're working in a coding sweatshop, I don't see why you need AI to do what people have been doing for decades just fine without breaking a sweat.

What are you working on?

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SeanAnderson 23 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Your competition's behavior necessarily affects you unless your company has an unassailable moat.

If other companies are able to tolerate larger amounts of tech debt while shipping new features faster then you'll be out of a job at some point when your company loses market share.

It's fine if you disagree with the idea that AI lets established companies ship faster. I'm not here to argue that. But I think it's pretty easy to empathize with "why might one need to change their behavior due to this new technology?"

	▲	sublinear 15 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> unless your company has an unassailable moat Is not working in SV enough of a moat? > If other companies are able to tolerate larger amounts of tech debt while shipping new features faster then you'll be out of a job at some point when your company loses market share. I'm saying that B2B services are very common outside of SV and more focused on stability, compliance, long-term maintenance, and the operational knowhow that comes with all that rather than just shipping new features. It's not that there isn't some competition, but that the business is built on much more comprehensive partnerships than just being a software vendor. I can't believe I'm saying this, but "synergy" sometimes isn't just a meaningless buzzword. When you try to jam "AI" into the mix, the disruption harms the business value. Many including myself would like to be enlightened if you think otherwise.

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potsandpans an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

> Unless you're working in a coding sweatshop

You are obviously unaware of what the silicon valley companies are asking for and commiting to.

	▲	applfanboysbgon 4 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The same shit they've always been asking for, judging by what OpenAI and Anthropic are pumping out surrounding their models: bloated, buggy Electron apps that consume gigabytes of memory to display fucking <1kb of text. We are not witnessing better software, even from the people who have unlimited capital and unlimited access to frontier models and are true believers in its potential to replace engineers.