Wondering: AI coding as a pm freed me to do the things that would have taking me years. How do you feel about tech-adjacent people using AI to build software?
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In my experience it is fine for simple prototypes etc. to explain what they want, as long as they don't expect it to be the final outcome or feel they know better than engineers because they managed to create something that seems to be working at surface level :)
And what about projects of their own out there?
Sure, why not. If its their own side hustle they are the captains, meaning they also bear any risks and responsibilities. Of course this can also be an opportunity to learn in the process, but you need to have the motivation for that. A lot of folks don't even look at what is being generated anymore, hence we are getting more and more slop software.
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Which is where I am torn sometimes. I learn from looking at some code, but other concepts go over my head when applied in detail. I understand the high level and some pitfalls, but most of the time software is a means to an end for me, not really the goal. The problem lies in my…