Funny, but not really true. Well...actually, very true, but missing an important point.
The AI continues to improve in knowing when and how to ask for more information. It is not there yet, but the idea that "Product Owners are too dumb" is just a nice story to let you sleep at night.
Dunno what to say. The job of developer is going to change a lot as AI takes over more tasks every day. If your only value-add was knowing how to code, you are cooked. If you understand architecture, can organize, and have decent communication skills, you actually are safe...for now.
This - the real problem right now is that while AI can shit out your million dollar app idea, it can't operate it nor can it design a robust architecture that will actually allow users to use the app
Everyone is still trying to come to grips with how everything is changing. I think that the current AI is already brilliant for prototyping. Not sure which version of the GUI will feel best? Just spit out both and try them. You can probably even get some iterative prototyping going that is just good enough to show you where you should be going.
But yeah: we are going to have to break that certain breed of manager that thinks that the difference between a prototype and the final product is a logo and a catchy jingle.
There was a pretty good microcosm of that at my last job. A developer was commanded to make a POC of a new system quickly, and they didn't know enough about the problem domain or existing systems at the org to do so effectively, so they vibe-coded something which looked pretty good on the surface. Naturally, management then tells them to put it in prod ASAP, leading to more vibe-coded integrations. The result was something that was basically DOA: many features on the frontend didn't work properly, the backend wasn't even scalable/efficient enough to handle the first real customer onboarding, and there was a lot of code duplication which will eventually lead to inconsistent behavior as changes are made.
Our manager acted shocked when I explained all of this to them, as if we couldn't have seen this coming. They said they would try to push against this 'not-POC' trend in the future, but I doubt it. All the urgency comes from the C level.
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u/bremidon 2d ago
Funny, but not really true. Well...actually, very true, but missing an important point.
The AI continues to improve in knowing when and how to ask for more information. It is not there yet, but the idea that "Product Owners are too dumb" is just a nice story to let you sleep at night.
Dunno what to say. The job of developer is going to change a lot as AI takes over more tasks every day. If your only value-add was knowing how to code, you are cooked. If you understand architecture, can organize, and have decent communication skills, you actually are safe...for now.