The hardest part of building software is not coding, it’s requirements

[Kent Sharkey]

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Why replacing programmers with AI won’t be so easy.

Do I have to?

[Greg Utas]

In the absence of complete requirements, a good developer can often correctly guess what the behavior should be. And if there's uncertainty, get clarification.

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The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

[BillWoodruff]

Kent Sharkey wrote:

replacing programmers with AI won’t be so easy.

Managers will not have cubicle-serfs to blame their absurd/useless/buggy/past deadline/over-budget results ... following their specs lead to ?

«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch

[TNCaver]

If AI can take the pain out of getting complete requirements from users who don't really know what they want much less can explain what they think they want then I will welcome my early retirement.

There are no solutions, only trade-offs.
   - Thomas Sowell

A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
   - Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes)