Well, I will say this: we recently hired a new software engineer who’s big on using AI shit to do his work. We don’t have much experience with this where I work, it’s a serious software outfit here, but we let him use the tools he likes. Because why not.

After 3 or 4 months, our conclusion is that he can churn out impressive-looking code in record time (impressive as in, the marketdroids think it’s a done deal already and it can be sold, or the boss can have the cursory impression that this guy is the most efficient engineer in the company bar none). But when it comes to creating polished, proven and bug-free solutions, he’s just as slow as the rest of us.

So like, yeah… AI coding is pretty pointless at the moment, unless you’re trying to impress your clueless managers into giving you a raise you don’t deserve.