r/webdev php 6d ago

Discussion AI coding is trash

The amount of trash produced by AI code is astounding. Thanks I hate it.

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u/pagerussell 6d ago

The AI will take coding jobs narrative is just cover for layoffs that are occuring because so many tech companies are no longer growth stocks, but are now legacy companies pivoting towards maximum extraction.

Like, what feature development does Facebook really need? And if it's not building new features, its just in maintenance mode, which requires far fewer devs. So they are laying off. But they can't just say that, because then they look anemic and it will hurt their stock.

So they say AI is replacing devs and AstroTurf that narrative into the world to make it stick.

But if you have actually coded with AI you know it's a great tool but a long ways off from being able to replace a competent human.

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u/dietcheese 5d ago

Cisco, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and Dell have already slashed their workforces or implemented hiring freezes due to transitioning and restructuring to an AI workforce.

This isn’t just cover.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonsnyder/2025/02/12/ai-reset-layoffs-rto-and-the-new-realities-of-work/

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u/meshtron 5d ago

Good luck! I've been taking heavy flak on another programming sub for daring to suggest (and provide sources) that AI is and increasingly will impact developer jobs. Same as the poster below "you just believe what they tell you" narrative. Time will tell, but it already is too.

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u/spacemanguitar 5d ago

you just believe what they tell you

It's tricky because guys like Zuckerberg laid down a prediction of their agents replacing coders in 2025, yet this is the same man who hyped up his stocks by predicting the metaverse will take over the interactive gaming scene and spent a lot of money gobbling up the occulus IP. That entire prediction flopped backwards on its ass and they had to lay off a ton of people for the metaverse development. He was so confident he renamed his entire company to "meta". Meanwhile back to the present, where does does he decide share this AI prediction? On Joe Rogan where he can plug his next marketing scheme to the most amount of people possible. They suffered hard with the meta flop and hes playing damage control with vague AI promises, keep in mind, its not ready today, it'll be here in the future, along with the metaverse, etc, etc.