I wrote an essay about why I'm done using AI for coding, even if it costs me my job and career: https://brettcodes.com/im-done-using-ai/

[shimst3r@famichiki.jp]

@brettcodes observing my coding colleagues from next door, I see how they slowly lose their spark, their eye for detail, and their will to discuss or refine requirements.

"Why do it right if you can do it fast and adapt?"

this "move fast and break things" killed everything

[camertron@ruby.social]

@brettcodes Fuck yeah

[etch9@tech.lgbt]

@brettcodes
there's a really strong ai sentiment here, sometimes to a fault, but you can also find some pro ai ppl.

[etch9@tech.lgbt]

@brettcodes
the article is also really good! sadly companies want to push AI for coding to the point people feel obligated to use them, i hope you wont lose your job because of this decision

[nefariousaryq@hoosier.social]

@brettcodes As someone in the same boat, feeling this industry has left me behind because I have no interest in being a 'prompt engineer', a huge kudos to you for this. I could not click the Follow button fast enough. Welcome to the Fediverse.

[wizardofdocs@wandering.shop]

@brettcodes congratulations, and welcome to the future!

[tr00per87@techhub.social]

@brettcodes seems I’m very fortunate that LLMs are available for me, but nobody forces me to use them. And so I don’t. I mean - by definition LLMs will spit out average code. And average code is I’m perfectly capable of writing code. But sometimes I write amazing code. And then I want to be proud of my craft. But for the good parts to happen, the poor parts need to happen too…

[gahlord@post.lurk.org]

@brettcodes reason #2987 why I am proud to know you Brett.

[beachbum@mastodon.sdf.org]

@brettcodes I really hope you don’t lose your job because I think you’re absolutely right.

[beachbum@mastodon.sdf.org]

@brettcodes I love this article because you explain the minimal (in my opinion) benefits and the pitfalls so accurately. I have never used AI and will never use AI including when I make calls to service providers. It gave me a sense of dread and doom as soon as it came out. I have a degree in IT. I only used it for a short time before I was forced into retirement.
On a separate subject, we also talked about the antisocial implications of social media, My Space was already out.

[jake4480@c.im]

@brettcodes that was a great read, man. I've seen similar sentiments but this was eloquent as hell, and you definitely put in the work trying it out. I don't use any of it either and luckily haven't been forced to yet (luckily unlikely, where I work now). But in March I lost my job of 14 years to some kind of 'AI' solution that had its own team. So am I bitter and weirded out? A little. Anyway. Thanks for writing all this up.

[xan@xantronix.social]

@brettcodes I watched your video last night. It was a difficult video for me because, for a few months now, I had successfully managed to not think too much about the feelings I had to contend with on account of my ex-employer's impending AI mandate. I dodged the bullet but, beat for beat, I felt myself in your shoes as the way you related your career experiences felt very similar to my own.

I'm really happy to see you here on the ol' ActivityPub Information Superhighway.

[ingmar@norden.social]

@brettcodes Thank you for writing and sharing this. It’s good to hear that there are still some likeminded people. I would have never thought that something like this could happen to field that should be based on logic and rational thinking. It’s an absolute tragedy.

[xan@xantronix.social]

@brettcodes I feel my YouTube comment suggesting we should be in revolt over this is a little understated. The people behind these mandates and the overall industry mania need to be removed from their positions as the industry is systemically dismantled in its entirety.

[sunz@social.translunar.academy]

@brettcodes@mastodon.social thank you for sharing!

I’m currently drafting an internal document at work to put all the practical shortcomings of using AI for development first and center and your first-hand experience is extremely valuable, do you mind me citing this in my sources?

[simonrjones@mastodon.social]

@brettcodes that’s a really well written post and interesting to hear your experience using AI heavily for over a year. We are experimenting carefully with AI, I also fear what we’d lose if AI completely replaced coding. Trying to find a balance is a challenge.

[cyberquixote@infosec.exchange]

@javascript @brettcodes

We can, we just need to stop deciding to feed this one, if not entirely, at least with less enthusiasm, ffs

[brettcodes@mastodon.social]

@sunz please do, thanks!

[brettcodes@mastodon.social]

@xan yeah! it's really capitalism distilled: every business is frothing at the mouths for the idea of software being done faster while disregarding the negative impacts to their customers, team, environment, and society. The thing is though that software different than traditional manufacturing where adding more features/LoC does not necessarily mean more revenue. It's more abstract than that. But billions of dollars of marketing + capitalism + human nature are tough to fight against.

[arnapou@phpc.social]

@brettcodes I never coded with AI. 100% red flag from the start for me.

But in the same boat for
- no problem for my job & career (in any case, it has only deteriorated in 25 years)
- I never started this job to be a "machine pilot", I want to think, craft, by myself… (I never cared to dev faster)
- I like the journey more than the destination (I'm more interested in doing things well than the result itself, the result will naturally be better with a well thought out process).