2 pointsby markus_zhang4 hours ago2 comments
  • vunderba4 hours ago
    Personally I spent the vast majority of my software engineering career without access to AI and feel relatively confident that I could pick up right where I left off.

    Humans are pretty adaptable. For example like many others, I became pretty reliant on Google Maps to get me wherever I wanted to go in the early 2000s. Later, I moved to Taiwan, and my phone didn’t have anywhere near the same capabilities - zero access to any of these smart map systems.

    I found my ability to navigate and locate places spatially came back, just like riding a bicycle. I don’t think those skills permanently atrophy; I think they just go a bit dormant.

    That being said, I can't speak for newer, more junior engineers especially the coming generations who will grow up always having had access to LLMs.

  • cyanydeez4 hours ago
    im running local. itd take several acts of god to intrerupt my workflow.