About whether AI coding tools help with maintaining large, existing software.
Has this happened?
Yes 20 (16%)Not sure 34 (27%)No 73 (57%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether AI coding tools help with maintaining large, existing software.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
In my opinion, AI only really helps you (a lot) if you are bottlenecked by the actual code-writin. I have not been in a such a position since... I dont even know. Maybe In my 20s, 15 or so years ago? Even if AI wrote my code 100x faster it would not appreciably change my working days.
If it could test and verify things though... ideally physically since Im in embedded and pulling SD-cards etc is a thing.