The Joe Reis Show Freestyle Fridays - What Does AI Do to The Craft of Dev and Engineering?
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May 16, 2025 The podcast dives into the exciting yet anxiety-inducing impact of AI on engineering. It juxtaposes citizen developers against traditional roles, emphasizing the necessity of core coding skills amidst evolving tech. The hosts discuss the disparity between the quantity and quality of apps, using a hypothetical AI app to underscore this point. The conversation emphasizes the irreplaceable problem-solving abilities of engineers and the importance of collaboration in navigating the new AI-enhanced landscape.
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AI Sparks Hope and Fear
- AI tools excite but also cause existential dread among engineers about their job security.
- Past attempts at democratizing tech roles, like citizen data scientists, failed due to complexity and data issues.
Failed AutoML Promise
- Joe recalls his experience at an automated machine learning startup promising predictions from raw data.
- The promise failed because messy corporate data made automated predictions unreliable.
Code Is Means, Not End
- Understand that coding is a means to solve problems, not the end goal.
- Focus on comprehending business complexity and workflows when building software systems.
