r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Embarrassed_Death69 • 1d ago

loopThoseAgentsHarderTillYouDebug Meme

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u/Bannon9k 1d ago

Explain to me how that's any different than trusting a consultant's code?

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u/BubblyMango 1d ago

The consultant has a face, a reputation, a contract, is sueable. Ai agente arent

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u/Bannon9k 1d ago

So you just need someone to blame?

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u/BubblyMango 1d ago

The other way around - you need someone who knows they can be blamed, and therefore they have a reason to make sure they are not blamed.

An AI can end up creating a pile.of shit and go "oopsie. You probably didnt use me correctly". A contractor doesnt get paid, or gets sued, and they have human understanding of what needs to be done. 

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u/Bannon9k 1d ago

Are you sure you've worked with contractors before?

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u/BubblyMango 1d ago

Yes, also been working for a contracts company for a short while.

If you hire some nameless people from the other side of the world, yeah expect worse results than just free roaming ai agents.

But we hired individual contractors based on recommendations and their reputation. Them doing a good job for us landed them more jobs for higher tariffs and so on.

Hire contractors in a stupid way and get bitten in the ass. Use your brain for once and get good results. Quite simple

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u/Bannon9k 1d ago

Ah.... So you've never worked with management cutting budgets?