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Subject: Re: More Lazy(?) Programmers Are Seduced By AI
Date: 23 Sep 2026 18:28:30 GMT
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On Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:24:04 +0200, John Bokma wrote:

> On 22/09/2026 22:08, Leroy H wrote:
> 
> [..]
> 
>> AI assistance should be extremely repugnant to all competent
>> programmers.
> 
> AI is just a tool. A competent programmer is someone who makes the most
> of their tools.

The 'competent programmer' clause is the rub. I've seen too many posts by 
panicked newbies who have suddenly realized they've been gliding along 
with Claude and can't write a line of code on their own. Or is competency 
now defined as the ability to create prompts?

I saw one post where the kid couldn't understand for loops and wanted to 
create games in Python.