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Taste will always be there. But toil is not gone. We have still have code owners, lawyers, physical hardware, thousands of configurations that we can't test th
by jopsen 1mo ago
Taste will always be there.
But toil is not gone. We have still have code owners, lawyers, physical hardware, thousands of configurations that we can't test them all.
And notably: we will still be asked to write software we can maintain in the future.
Sure, there are short-lived non-critical software projects where LLMs will rule.
But for many big complex projects, you can't land code without reviews. You can argue its because taste is already being enforced in the name of maintainability.
- cautiouscat 1mo ago> But for many big complex projects, you can't land code without reviews. Why do you think orgs are pushing less reviews? Token-maxxing increased PRs but stupid meat brains are a constraint. So of course, remove that constraint and you’ll have your features faster!
- jopsen 1mo agoSoftware engineering is and has always involved engineering situations where you can let your co-workers/third-parties run wild with limited review oversight and limited blast radius. Example: a plugin architecture with a solid API that makes degenerate behavior limited to usages of said plugin.