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I have my qualms with Anthropic/Claude but they've also had to scale unfathomably fast and that is just hard to do regardless.

by mgfist 3mo ago

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codeflo 3mo ago
Regardless of what? Programming is solved, I hear, with all the 100x productivity PhD-level automated coding loops they have going. Don't make excuses for them when they disprove their own bullshit.
simplyluke 3mo ago
Yes but many of the challenges directly contradict the idea that "coding is a solved problem"
- Closi 3mo ago
  Not really. Coding is probably solved, at least to a large extent, but that doesn't mean engineering is solved too. This is like someone saying that the wright brothers solved sustained/powered human flight, and another person saying "well if that's the case, why do planes still crash? obviously flight isn't solved.". Well, there are always improvements, but planes can fly and llm's can code.
  - smoe 3mo ago
    "I think we're going to start to see the title 'software engineer' go away. And I think it's just going to be maybe builder, maybe product manager, maybe we'll keep the title as a vestigial thing." — Boris Cherny They been claiming more than just “coding is solved” for a while now. https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-claude-code-founder-ai-impacts-software-engineer-role-2026-2 https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-claude-code-founde...
    - Closi 3mo ago
      > 'I think [...] I think [...] maybe [...] maybe [...] maybe [...]' Sounds more like a vague prediction of what the future might be like rather than an iron-clad claim.
- mgfist 3mo ago
  I don't think coding is solved in the way they claim, but certainly solved in some way for many people. I don't write code by hand anymore, everything is through claude/codex/pi. Still requires lots of work to shape the output correctly, but it's still crazy to me that I literally don't write code any more. And in that way, coding is solved for me.

I have my qualms with Anthropic/Claude but they've also had to scale unfathomably fast and that is just hard to do regardless.

by mgfist 3mo ago

I have my qualms with Anthropic/Claude but they've also had to scale unfathomably fast and that is just hard to do regardless.

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codeflo 3mo ago

Regardless of what? Programming is solved, I hear, with all the 100x productivity PhD-level automated coding loops they have going. Don't make excuses for them when they disprove their own bullshit.

simplyluke 3mo ago

Yes but many of the challenges directly contradict the idea that "coding is a solved problem"

Closi 3mo ago
Not really. Coding is probably solved, at least to a large extent, but that doesn't mean engineering is solved too. This is like someone saying that the wright brothers solved sustained/powered human flight, and another person saying "well if that's the case, why do planes still crash? obviously flight isn't solved.". Well, there are always improvements, but planes can fly and llm's can code.
- smoe 3mo ago
  "I think we're going to start to see the title 'software engineer' go away. And I think it's just going to be maybe builder, maybe product manager, maybe we'll keep the title as a vestigial thing." — Boris Cherny They been claiming more than just “coding is solved” for a while now. https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-claude-code-founder-ai-impacts-software-engineer-role-2026-2 https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-claude-code-founde...
  - Closi 3mo ago
    > 'I think [...] I think [...] maybe [...] maybe [...] maybe [...]' Sounds more like a vague prediction of what the future might be like rather than an iron-clad claim.
mgfist 3mo ago
I don't think coding is solved in the way they claim, but certainly solved in some way for many people. I don't write code by hand anymore, everything is through claude/codex/pi. Still requires lots of work to shape the output correctly, but it's still crazy to me that I literally don't write code any more. And in that way, coding is solved for me.