Post #291732

2026-01-27 20:10 UTC

Haven&#39;t we seen this &quot;replace developers thing&quot; before? My buddy @trishagee flagged this article from Stephan Schwab cataloging the claims over the years, Jevon&#39;s Paradox, and keeping humans and thinking in the loop. https://www.caimito.net/en/blog/2025/12/07/the-recurring-dream-of-replacing-developers.html

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@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.social 2026-01-27 20:17

@pauleveritt @trishagee I'm ready to sell my likeness to AI if it comes with a large paycheck. My likeness will have open eyes because the prompt will say "Khalid doesn't blink, ever!”

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@alyx_woodward@universeodon.com 2026-01-27 20:24

@pauleveritt @trishagee "Why We've Tried to Replace Developers Every Decade Since 1969?" There's no need for reams of writing in order to answer that question. There's only one answer: bosses, i.e. people who don't work for a living, hate spending even a penny on people who *do* work for a living. They'd rather coerce the world into accepting the automated extrusion of LLM gibberish than spend money on supporting a workforce, because they regard paying workers a living wage as *wasteful*.

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@SmartmanApps@dotnet.social 2026-01-28 10:27

@pauleveritt @trishagee https://www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/08/25/a-very-comprehensive-and-precise-spec/

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@faassen@hachyderm.io 2026-02-13 14:55

@pauleveritt @trishagee This is very good, thank you for sharing!

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