On: CEOs who think AI replaces their employees are just bad CEOs

[DanielHB]

I work on a 10+ year old codebase, there are some weeks I barely change any code.

Sometimes it takes hours of discussion and tracking down decision-makers just to figure out what the intended behavior is.

[skydhash → DanielHB]

And even when you can easily find the intended behavior, you need to trace the modules that relies on the current behavior, especially if the change is located near the core of the software.

[vips7L → DanielHB]

AI fans would say “this is what the spec is for”.