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Keep in mind that companies do not necessarily aim to increase efficiency but to de-professionalize. It will be easier to find these "glorified editors" that require minimal education, than current software developers. Consequently, this will make them more replaceable and hence they will have a worse negotiation position when it comes to working conditions etc.

It is an old pattern, see for instance: https://www.versobooks.com/products/688-breaking-things-at-w...



Companies always want to commodify their complements, right? I wonder if there's a framing where the employees are one of the complements.


I think it's harder to verify obscure code than to write it in the first place.

I've seen perfectly legit looking code generated by chatgpt, except that the value of the constants were wrong.

When you have to verify every single little thing, it's easier to just do it. And certainly doesn't take any less skill.




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