Amazon CEO: AI Code Transformation Saved Us 4,500 Years of Developer Work(m.slashdot.org)
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Amazon CEO: AI Code Transformation Saved Us 4,500 Years of Developer Work
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If you have a backlog of 4500 “developer years” worth of upgrades, lack of AI wasn’t the problem, and making some attention nodes go brr cannot solve the root problem.
Java is a super verbose language, yet keeps getting written because “everyone knows java.” Has the cost of maintaining Java finally reached such critical mass that only an LLM can affordably maintain it?
Java is a super verbose language, yet keeps getting written because “everyone knows java.” Has the cost of maintaining Java finally reached such critical mass that only an LLM can affordably maintain it?
I've counted exactly 659 times when a statistic was used to sell something. Exactly 659.
Saved our developers working from 2476 B.C. to 2024 A.D. (4,500 Years of Developer Work)
I save a lot of work code generating the non-biz-logic parts of applications from simple declarative specs. I typically end up having to only hand code about 10% of the application.
No AI required.
No AI required.
I think he has to say 4500 years because the one who is only willing to say 4000 years gets fired?
The whole point of having developers do upgrades isn't just the manual work but so they learn and understand it. Skipping that isn't helpful.
And why would you wait until there's 4500 years of work before upgrading? Maybe the problem is that company policies need to be fixed rather than introducing AI.