AI Can Write More of the Code. We Still Have to Engineer the System
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AI Can Write More of the Code. We Still Have to Engineer the System was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 2, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 3 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #24 of 30, reached on Nov 2, 03:07 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 2, 03:07 UTC.
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This aligns with my thoughts on a recent post here about code being "clay" now (as opposed to stone, which must be chiseled with great effort, skill, and time expenditure. Clay is much easier to work with and mold to our desired shape. My point was, you still didn't build infrastructure out of great lumps of clay.…
"Programming as Theory Building" still relevant on the AI age. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10833278
There's a lot of 'business logic / business decisions' that an AI would need to understand in order to achieve the goal of the process. I'm currently going through a deconstruction of a complex topic for which there is minimal documentation about how it should work, and so AI-help is limited to explaining what it…
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Is AI Can Write More of the Code. We Still Have to Engineer the System trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 2, 03:07 UTC, after 1 day of trending.
What is the highest rank AI Can Write More of the Code. We Still Have to Engineer the System reached?
#24 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 2, 03:07 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has AI Can Write More of the Code. We Still Have to Engineer the System been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 2, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (3 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
15 points and 4 comments; submitted by devpicon on Nov 2, 2026.