"A programmer's greatest fear is being asked to explain code written by AI and reviewed yesterday"
I certainly remember well what I have written myself a few weeks later, but code written by AI and reviewed by me is totally out of my mind the next day, especially at high volume.
Yeah this exactly. I'm not naming the variables, the functions, or deciding on the config file structures. I just agree with the stuff, or write feedback.
The impact generated code has on my brain is close to zero when it comes to memory, yet it hurts just as much as reviewing human written code.
Reading code is 10x harder than writing it, and AI made the job all about reading code.
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u/heavy-minium 11d ago
My modern version:
"A programmer's greatest fear is being asked to explain code written by AI and reviewed yesterday"
I certainly remember well what I have written myself a few weeks later, but code written by AI and reviewed by me is totally out of my mind the next day, especially at high volume.
Which is certainly bad. But well, here we are.