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"Code is a liability (not an asset). Tech bosses don't understand this. They think AI is great because it produces 10,000 times more code than a programmer, but that just means it's producing 10,000 times more liabilities.

#Code is a #liability. Code’s capabilities are #assets. The goal of a tech shop is to have code whose capabilities generate more revenue than the costs associated with keeping that code running.

…that's the thing: any nontrivial code has to interact with the outside world, and the outside world isn't static, it's dynamic. The outside world busts through the assumptions made by software authors all the time and every time it does, the software needs to be fixed." @pluralistic

https://pca.st/episode/ff6c7462-2117-43c9-8b45-8829b0d6e5b2

Code is a liability (not an asset)

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Jan 20 at 4:02pmWeb
Show threadNeil MoffattJan 20
@eliasulrich I find it staggering that AI with a dire track record of honesty and accuracy is being considered for serious coding. Maybe to do some grunt work. But surely nothing vital?
Show threadGeraintLlanfranchetaJan 20
@eliasulrich @pluralistic exactly.
Show threadCurioso 🍉 🇺🇦 (jgg)Jan 20

@eliasulrich @pluralistic

So true.

Generate code is dirty cheap, AI or no AI. If I were to measure the time I actually spend writing code, I seriously doubt it would be more than 5% of the time I spend developing software.

The hard part is everything else.

And having more code makes us need much, much more time to do all that extra work.