AI coding shifts bottleneck from writing code to understanding it
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Developers report trading typing fatigue for review fatigue, with one noting a week to comprehend a large AI-generated diff and burnout from vetting every line. Florian Herrengt argues AI is removing the middle class of software engineering as projects become too convoluted for anyone to fully understand.
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