Like, you might have someone working on something in a new codebase but misunderstanding the architecture or just going in the wrong direction in general and a review is the best way to correct course before getting too far in

I think the article is suggesting this person should be pair programmed with until they understand the architecture and can be trusted to contribute correctly, and I actually kind of agree - it always feels terrible to tell someone a PR they’ve worked on possibly for days is completely the wrong direction, and arguably this is already ‘too far in’ if they’re going to need to essentially start again.

Intervening earlier in the process should lead to less wasted effort overall, but people often seem to treat pair programming like its two people at 50% efficiency, when it actually saves a lot of cycle time on reviewing code.

I didn’t say programming is unecessary, and I’m a proffesional software engineer with a degree in computer science. When I say ‘learn to code’ is over I mean the pressure for anyone and everyone to learn to code because there are so many well paying software engineer jobs.

This era is over undoubtedly, because all the people who never really cared about software engineering and are just there to collect a paycheck are going to be replaced - but the profession of software engineering will still be necessary, and the abstract maths of computer science isn’t going anywhere as a field of research.

‘Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.’

Study computer science if you like it, it’s never been about making good ‘coders’ or software engineers.

I don’t think the number of software engineers will ever drop to zero, but the days of ‘learn to code’ to get a high paying job guaranteed are definitely over.

Any service you depend on in the modern world, you need to be asking yourself ‘what will I do when this enshitifies itself’. And it is a when.

Short termism on all sides is destroying our society.

This. Code is a liability not an asset

That and getting people so hooked on AI that they actually can’t use their own brains, and are forced to use it as the price climbs higher and higher to make it profitable

Exactly this. I was taught not to point a gun at anything I don’t intend to destroy, even if I believe it not to be loaded.

Anything less than that is negligent manslaughter at the least if the gun ‘goes off’ ‘by accident’, because you should never be in that situation.

Reminds me of

Torpenhow Hill is a hill in Cumbria, England. Its name consists of the Old English ‘Tor’, the Welsh ‘Pen’, and the Danish ‘How’ - all of which translate to modern English as ‘Hill’. Therefore, Torpenhow Hill would translate as hill-hill-hill hill

If a foreign nation dropped a bomp on your house or rolled a tank down your street you might just start to side with the people saying they’re going to get them back.

Israel’s strategy can and will only lead to more Hamas support because they make no distinction between civilians and Hamas. They have never had a real plan to ‘return hostages’, only to wipe out the Palestinian people, because they perceive the idea of Palestinian identity to be an existential threat.