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AI’s coding evolution hinges on collaboration and trust

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183 points WolfOliver | 1 comments | 29 Aug 25 15:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.499s | source
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mikewarot ◴[29 Aug 25 16:26 UTC] No.45066139[source]▶
There's been a strong theme recently here on HN of confusing programming (the act of writing code to meet specifications) and Engineering(the writing of specifications, and the oversight of said process, along with overview of testing).

AI is definitely not ready for an Engineering role. My recent experience with ChatGPT5(Preview) via Visual Studio Code tells me that it might perform acceptably as a junior programmer. However, because I'm an old retired self taught programmer who only ever managed 1 other programmer, I lack the experience to know what's acceptable as a Junior Programmer at FAANG and elsewhere.

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1. rsynnott ◴[01 Sep 25 10:20 UTC] No.45091373[source]▶
"Programmer" as a separate role to "engineer" (where the programmer merely implements specs devised by someone else) isn't really a common role at all these days, except arguably for super-junior people.