What this is showing us is just how AWFUL coders always were. Hillbilly-level programming. And they called themselves engineers! If a bridge collapses, the engineer that signed off on it goes to jail.
No wonder we had to suffer with crashy shit for so long. Now they're complaining because their code-writing AI doesn't work like they want.
I look forward to replacing them entirely. Learn to code!
I've been a software engineer for 30 years and what I've seen is about every 5-10 years a new batch of middle managers come in with a new scheme that attempts to get around fast, good and cheap pick two. The LLMs are a tool and I use them daily, but they're not a Magic Bullet.
What this is showing us is just how AWFUL coders always were. Hillbilly-level programming. And they called themselves engineers! If a bridge collapses, the engineer that signed off on it goes to jail.
No wonder we had to suffer with crashy shit for so long. Now they're complaining because their code-writing AI doesn't work like they want.
I look forward to replacing them entirely. Learn to code!
Oops, I mean learn to mine coal
--President Biden
I've been a software engineer for 30 years and what I've seen is about every 5-10 years a new batch of middle managers come in with a new scheme that attempts to get around fast, good and cheap pick two. The LLMs are a tool and I use them daily, but they're not a Magic Bullet.
“engineer”? What government granted you a license to practice engineering?
What happens when your software crashes? Do you go to prison?
Then you’re not an engineer.
Just like a quack calling zimself a doctor.
My software doesn't crash.
sorry, boomer, you don't get to gatekeep the English language.
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Engineer (noun)
> en·gi·neer | ˌen-jə-ˈni(ə)r
1. a member of a military group devoted to engineering work
2. (obsolete) : a crafty schemer : PLOTTER
3a. a designer or builder of engines
3b. a person who is trained in or follows as a profession a branch of engineering
3c. a person who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance
4. a person who runs or supervises an engine or an apparatus
Source: Merriam-Webster dictionary:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/engineer