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Commenters say AI forced an honest reckoning with programming

Original: RE: https:// social.coop/@cwebber/117412718 127542425 Ironically, we needed the AI slop machines to have a honest decisi

Software developers are debating what programming fundamentally is, arguing that the flood of AI-generated code has forced the profession into an honest reckoning about the craft. The exchange, involving figures including Christine Webber and Glyph, frames recent AI tools as an accidental catalyst for clarifying the value of human programming skills.

Why now: AI-generated code is a live concern for software engineers, and the remark captures a contrarian take circulating among developers.

Christine WebberGlyphAI-generated codesoftware engineering

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• RE: https:// social.coop/@cwebber/117412718 127542425 Ironically, we needed the AI slop machines to have a honest decision about what programming really is. Thank you @ cwebber @ glyph # noAI # softwareEngineering # programming · btel · 2

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