> Though the tool can, in theory, rewrite code from an older language to a newer one, it doesn't know how to write the new code efficiently or as well as a human developer, Pizzi said.
From what I've seen, one popular use of coding agents is to refactor code. Wouldn't it be easier to create a non-ai scanner, parser, translator for the perl codebase and let AI run and refactor it? At that point human devs can come in, look out for inefficiencies and tackle bugs on a nearly-functional codebase?
Hmm, People from companies in different stages post here. It's a pretty diverse mix from small to large companies.
The real issue is people, visiting one of these pages, seeing all the posts and interrupting users having valid interactions with dull-witted questions like "what makes you think ....".
What makes you think you can speak for all posters on HN? Are you linkedin?
From what I've seen, one popular use of coding agents is to refactor code. Wouldn't it be easier to create a non-ai scanner, parser, translator for the perl codebase and let AI run and refactor it? At that point human devs can come in, look out for inefficiencies and tackle bugs on a nearly-functional codebase?