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> You and I are of like mind regarding enshittification and declining software/product standards, but I don't think standing in front of the technological advancement train is going to slow it.

Note that I'm well aware that I won't change anything. I'm really just saying that AI will help the trend of making most software become worse. It sucks, but that's how it is :-).

But yeah I think we agree on many points here.




The glass half-full would be that effective AI coding tools (read: more competent than a minimal cost human) may actually improve average software quality!

Suppose it depends on how quickly the generative effectiveness improves.




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