I'm working on a magazine piece about how -- and if -- AI coding tools are altering the work of software development

Clive Thompson

if you're a dev, love to get your 2 cents on it -- whether you use 'em; absolutely *avoid* them and hate them; anything in between

Also: Very interested to hear from new CS grads -- whether you feel the advent of AI coding tools is affecting the job market for you

hit me up at clive@clivethompson.net!

(and please boost this if it's relevant to your followers)

that ordinal person

@clive I find they have the same issue as voice interfaces but worse - you can't rely on them and so checking and correcting the results takes more time than just writing it yourself, increasing hugely the more complex the thing you ask for. Generating large quantities of boilerplate so you don't have to is why we have frameworks already. So basically I (senior dev btw) do not use them at all apart from the IDE autocompletes that I can't be arsed turning off.

Wandering Adventure Party

I'm working on a magazine piece about how -- and if -- AI coding tools are altering the work of software development