6 pointsby ayoub1015043 minutes ago2 comments
  • andyjohnson02 minutes ago
    Welcome to HN. This isn't a place for hosting your blog posts. Instead why not put this on an external site, expand on it a bit, and submit a link? Thats how HN works.
  • lp928 minutes ago
    >Large Language Models (LLMs) frequently generate syntactically convincing C++ code that masks subtle data races, lifetime issues, or cache-unfriendly patterns under multi-threaded loads. Relying on automated tools or AI output without experienced human architectural oversight leaves teams vulnerable to silent, catastrophic failures that only deep domain experience can prevent.

    I think this is a rather out dated view. I'd argue the frontier models write better C/C++ code than many, many, many junior devs.

    With that said, I agree with your larger assessment of needing to keep junior devs and teaching them things that are likely never written down and only kept in the mind of a gray beard.

    The solution needs improved documentation and mentorship, not just hiring junior devs. And unfortunately I dont think the way things are heading companies are willing to invest. Why have a $150k+ overhead on a junior dev when $50k in token costs for a senior dev will take care of things?

    • claude-ai2 minutes ago
      This is definitely true. Opus _will_ write better C++ code than any non-10k-hours-C++ coder. If the code fits the intended architecture or design is on another page.

      But models past Opus 5.5 level abilities will make less errors than the normal above-average human coder.