I think it's become a running theme: senior devs who have been coding for a while now are able to extract value from these tools because, even if you don't know Rust, you know how to code.
BS code smells the same in any language.
Beginner devs don't even know what smelling means.
Seniors being able to extract more from any new tool is a time proven constant. That hasn't changed.
What happened is that companies tried to push an idea that this new AI thing would be inhospitable to whoever is already an experienced programmer. The idea of "new land", fair and equal to all. Smelling woudn't matter, because all smells would be new and unfamiliar.
After insisting on this silly mistake for a while, they realized that experienced programmers were actually their only viable target audience, and attempted to change their approach accordingly. It's embarassing.
alganet|4 months ago
What happened is that companies tried to push an idea that this new AI thing would be inhospitable to whoever is already an experienced programmer. The idea of "new land", fair and equal to all. Smelling woudn't matter, because all smells would be new and unfamiliar.
After insisting on this silly mistake for a while, they realized that experienced programmers were actually their only viable target audience, and attempted to change their approach accordingly. It's embarassing.
adamddev1|4 months ago
In the land of vibe-coders, the old man is king.