The Digital Press

A software engineer shares a nuanced perspective on AI's role in programming, highlighting both its benefits and significant drawbacks in real-world development.

Why it matters: AI aids routine, boring tasks and rapid prototyping but often slows experienced developers and increases technical debt.

The big picture: AI is more beneficial to non-coding roles—like product owners, sales, and management—than to developers themselves.

The stakes: Overreliance on AI-generated code risks security vulnerabilities, inefficient solutions, and increased maintenance complexity.

Commenters say: Readers question AI hype, caution against overestimating AGI’s imminence, and see AI’s real value in managerial and repetitive task automation rather than coding.