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Ask HN: Where is the programming profession going?

syntaxbush — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 02:41:47 +0000

I had been running a small (3 people) software company for about 4 years. Since closing down, I recently hung out at a friend's company to see what they were working on (15 ppl). To preface: I'm a heavy user of Claude (rarely write code by hand), but what I'm seeing in person has been rather shocking to me, and I wanted to calibrate with others.

In particular: - the code is not the source of truth anymore; it's ask claude to write, and ask claude to explain - LoC, abstractions, and all those "software development principles" does not seem to matter to people - Code review is not done by humans - Actually understanding the problem deeply seems to be offloaded to claude - Some developers are running like 5+ simultaneous claude sessions, and no code is being looked at - Explosion of llm-generated tests

First off, is this similar to what's going on at your company?

If this company is representative, it feels like software development is going from a precise occupation that requires high degree of understanding to something probabilistic and offloaded understanding (to eventually not an occupation at all honestly).

I'm interested to hear other folks' perspectives.

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syntaxbush — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 13:45:29 +0000

Applying this "strict reading" would that mean the majority of chrome extensions are violating copyright. They would not be allowed to modify the DOM to translate web pages, to add price history, check for coupons, etc. as they all modify the original creator's "program"?

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syntaxbush — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 20:28:38 +0000

Mine "thought" for 8 minutes and its conclusion was:

>So the “best possible” plan is: sit still all summer near a pole, slow-roll around the pole through equinox, then sprint westward across the low latitudes toward the other pole — with a peak westward speed up to ~1670 km/h.

Is this to your liking?

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syntaxbush — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:27:36 +0000

Good point. I tell Claude in the claude.md to use a linter and formatter which helps it get rid of its own dead code while it develops.

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syntaxbush — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 02:42:01 +0000

I found if you are tightly in the loop, keep the code highly modular, and are developing new functionality alongside tests, Claude works much better.

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syntaxbush — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 03:13:34 +0000

So there is nothing one can do to increase their odds of success? If there is, they can't write a book about it?

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syntaxbush — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 20:36:11 +0000

Thank you for sharing this. It’s an angle I didn’t explore, and want to now.

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syntaxbush — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 20:35:02 +0000

I wonder if changing your language every 5-10 years and/or location would help in sort of forcing a dictionary change.

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syntaxbush — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 20:33:25 +0000

I really appreciate you taking the time to share your wisdom. This hits home because I often catch my mind thinking about a background problem (or anxiety) instead of being present. I would like to try being more present and see how it helps.

Ask HN: Why does time seem to speed up with age?

syntaxbush — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 20:01:11 +0000

I've been struggling with the observation that as I age it feels like my life is compressed into a few brief moments instead of feeling like some long chronology. I thought doing more unique activities throughout the year would help as it would create "markers" in my memories, but it hasn't.

Have others struggled with similar thoughts - and as a rather odd question - how can one make their life feel...longer?

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