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GitHub CEO: manual coding remains key despite AI boom

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358 points andrewstetsenko | 3 comments | 23 Jun 25 20:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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exiguus ◴[23 Jun 25 23:00 UTC] No.44361079[source]▶
Personally, I define the job of a software engineer as transform requirements into software. Software is not only code. Requirements are not only natural language. At the moment I can't manage to be faster with the AI than manually. Unless its a simple task or software. In my experience AI's are atm junior or mid-level developers. And in the last two years, they didn't get significant better.
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1. nextlevelwizard ◴[24 Jun 25 09:00 UTC] No.44364178[source]▶
LLMs are nowhere near even junior level and if you really think any model is comparable to your orgs mid level developer you have a hiring problem
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2. 59nadir ◴[24 Jun 25 13:42 UTC] No.44366169[source]▶
I think it's a common problem to officially have mids who are really just juniors with a modicum of time in the industry and the same goes for seniors who are really just mids.
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3. nextlevelwizard ◴[25 Jun 25 06:01 UTC] No.44374046[source]▶
I agree, but also I don't believe LLMs are on junior level. In hands of a senior LLMs might be like a summer intern level, maybe.