alt.hn

3/19/2026 at 2:31:58 PM

AI Isn't Killing Developers–It's Creating a $10T Maintenance Crisis

https://rakiabensassi.substack.com/p/ai-isnt-killing-developersits-creating

by rakiabensassi

3/19/2026 at 3:08:08 PM

This event will please many programmers who are currently afraid of being left without a job, showing them that they are not in danger.

by Alex_Bell

3/19/2026 at 6:53:32 PM

so cope?

by nh23423fefe

3/19/2026 at 8:26:01 PM

Cope? How so?

by noah-cavoli

3/19/2026 at 3:10:34 PM

Yep. Companies will soon find out that their savings in dev time has an increase in BA and testing.

by DarkNova6

3/19/2026 at 4:19:28 PM

Most companies have done away with QA. They are having their cake and eating it too.

by nslsm

3/19/2026 at 5:17:01 PM

This is unique only to the Software field. Manufacturing of physical goods learned long ago there is no cheating physics, as much as the executive's and finance people wish that were the case.

by salawat

3/19/2026 at 6:07:41 PM

Did they though? Boeing.

by acuozzo

3/19/2026 at 6:10:32 PM

I didn't say all, and I knew someone would chime up, good job. If you want a healthier view of companies with their QA groups, Food Safety, and medical devices are two where I've at least seen signs the culture is still active and healthy.

by salawat

3/19/2026 at 9:49:17 PM

There will be developers but less senior/principle engineers. Again, this is just them using AI to justify the downward pressure of labor wages.

by cat-turner

3/20/2026 at 6:04:45 AM

Nothing gives programmer bigger sense of future job security than trying vibe-coding with a "frontierest" model and looking at the code. Especially once it starts changing existing code. Ah. And the fake tests. And those grandiose coments. Oh. It is quite marvellous.

I just wonder if companies will just instantly fold and sink once their internal slop pressure causes hull breach, or will they call slopbusters.

by 112233

3/19/2026 at 6:38:37 PM

Waiting for a time when even AI can't help with the tech debt and slop code

by Lws803

3/19/2026 at 6:15:23 PM

The “AI isn’t as much of a threat as you think” articles that were very clearly written by AI feel extremely dystopian.

by rogerrogerr

3/20/2026 at 6:37:07 PM

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by cineticdaffodil