“I've never coded in my life, but in the last three weeks, I was able to code software better than 99% of my developers.”

“I've never coded in my life, but in the last three weeks, I was able to code software better than 99% of my developers.”

This was the first line of a post on my LinkedIn feed this morning. I find this really amusing.

If I were to start writing songs tomorrow, in three weeks, would I be in a position where I could judge the quality of my songs against those of others who have been writing songs for 30-plus years? Against others who have written songs that went on to sell millions of copies?

Perhaps… but it seems unlikely.

Having worked with AI-assisted coding and with people that are trying to use AI to code with a ZERO coding background, I can say the odds of this person shipping “flawless” code is basically ZERO… today.

Who knows where we will be in a few years.

AI can help augment your workflows, but keep in mind you are 100% responsible for every line of code you ship to production, and ignorance of what that code does in detail is not a valid excuse.

Let me know your thoughts on the subject.

~Cheers