https://elk.zone/mastodon.social/@elizayer/116347406749184382 by Elizabeth Ayer (npub1kg8…hy7e) makes some excellent points. By and large, I agree that "writing more code faster" *hasn't* delivered on the promise to revolutionize things.
Where I differ is that I don't view this as evidence that AI is useless. Instead, we need to take the "soft" bits of software seriously: organizational structure, product planning, quality control, consensus building, docs.
Far too much of traditional engineering culture boils down to enforcing petty power.
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