u/creaturefeature16in r/ExperiencedDevs • Recommends
On “Am I being paranoid, or is the 'AI will replace software developers' narrative just a way for the incompetent tech leads, managers and CEOs to hide their own incompetence?”
Something the industry is pretending to ignore at-large is that not all developers think the same, and that *coding is planning*.
I love what Dax (the creator of OpenCode) recently said in an interview discussing "Spec Driven Development":
>“When working on something new or something challenging, *me typing out code is the process by which I figure out what we should even be doing*. I have a really tough time just sitting there, writing out a giant spec on exactly how the feature should work. I like writing out types. I like writing out how some of the functions might play together. I like playing with folder structure to see what the different concepts should be. And this is all stuff t…