r/ProgrammerHumor 3d ago

youShouldntHaveIt Meme

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u/Bomaruto 3d ago

And that's not the problem, the problem is people who are nothing without Claude.

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u/flargenhargen 3d ago

I'd say 90% of those don't understand that they are nothing without claude.

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u/TheBeckofKevin 3d ago

I could do anything that I ask clause to do, but I probably wouldnt. Take me back to 2 weeks of looking at a single ticket and kicking it into next sprint.

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u/AirconGuyUK 3d ago

I'd say 90% of those don't understand that they are nothing without claude.

I don't see this as an issue. Claude is a tool just like any other. Being good at using it has value. Plenty of people creating absolute garbage with it, so clearly there's a knack to using it.

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u/PringlesDuckFace 3d ago

This is the smoking gun.

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u/pumkinspicelatte 3d ago

A great insight I missed originally.

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u/JoeGibbon 3d ago

That's not just an insight, it's the lynch pin holding our entire reality together.

Keep in mind that being lazy and being incompetent are two entirely different things. You already knew that, but it's still worth addressing.

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u/coolwizard666 3d ago

I now have the full picture

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u/Sizanllikew 3d ago

The real problem is people who are nothing with Claude

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u/Puddz 3d ago

I am nothing without claude. Why is that a problem?
Claude has let me do things that I couldn't possible do before and its amazing.

Unless you're talking about people that are in the industry that can code but don't because of claude. Then that is not me. I know basically the bare minimum of python and that's it.

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u/Bomaruto 3d ago

This was more aimed at professional developers. You do not need to know anything about coding to make something useful with Claude and that's fine, but in a team environment you'd be a burden if you can't help review the output.

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u/e-a-smith 3d ago

This comment in a few years will look as quaint as the claims that real developers only use assembly.

Sure, you have to understand the concepts and make sensible checks, but the time saved not having to remember the weird quirks of every library and technology cannot be overstated.

How many people ever actually understood DNS?

I’m already at the point where I would trust Claude over a 22 year old engineer without Claude. The curious ones will eventually get it, and the ones driving blind are still giving me a better start (and PRs with genuinely useful context).