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The Dumbest Move in Tech Right Now: Laying Off Developers Because of AI
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this post was submitted on 20 May 2025
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I mostly use AI as advanced autocomplete. But even just using it for documentation is wrong so often that I do't use it for anything more complex than tutorial level.
I got pretty far with cursor.com when doing basic stuff that i have to spend more time looking up documentation than writing code, but I wouldn't trust it with complex usec cases at this point.
I check back every 6 months or so, to keep track of the progress. Maybe I can spent my days as a software developer drinking cocktails by the pool yelling prompts into the machine soon, but so far I am not concerned I'll be replaced anytime soon.
That's the dream.
And it's really why all the AI hype makes me angry.
I want to tell people who buy the hype, "Bitch, do I look retired to you?! Does anything you know about me suggest to you that I wouldn't have 11 separate consulting engagements cranking out money and code if AI could do these things?"
It's a bit insulting when peers think AI is magic, and open source, but somehow has not bent to obey my will the same as every other technology I have ever touched.
I think I might need a cape, and some kind of wrist computer with wires pouring out of it. Maybe that would fix my brand image problem...
Edit: Maybe they think I'm just keeping it all to myself, and telling them it's pretty good for autocomplete to throw them off the trail...