Thesis: Interesting work is less amenable to the use of AI
10 months ago
- #boilerplate code
- #productivity
- #AI in software engineering
- Single file social media concept using markwhen, similar to Twitter.
- Thesis: AI is less effective for interesting work compared to non-interesting work.
- Author experiences FOMO when others praise AI productivity boosts.
- Concerns about losing context and violating the 'do-one-thing-well' principle by using AI.
- Questions the prevalence of boilerplate work in software engineering.
- Expresses confusion over why some engineers focus on boilerplate tasks.
- Reflects on the expectation that software engineers solve problems, not just write boilerplate.