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I'm not. I just don't want to implement code for reading files, setting up and population databases, logs, etc. manually anymore. I want to automate boilerplate, the occasional frontend code, etc. and focus on the parts that are interesting for me. This way I can get things done that I wouldn't otherwise.

I hope I never have to use your software

I'm very certain you have used lots of software, either directly or indirectly, that has ai parts in it. The truth is, that it's quite reliable if done correctly. As if 'human written' software is somehow flawless.

But you'll use the mediocre software written by hundreds of mediocre devs, and a team that doesn't fully understand the whole codebase due it's ever-inflated technical debt?

I get the angst of AI coding, but it is funny that people think hand written code at scale is somehow not susceptible to all of the problems of code gen. A lot of it isn't artful - it's factory generated slop.

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