Doug Steinberg, a 46-year-old software engineer in Coral Springs, Florida, uses AI-assisted coding daily and seeks employers that permit AI use. AI reduces repetitive work, generates detailed commit messages, and serves as an on-demand collaborator for brainstorming and problem solving. He describes AI as taking much of the load off and enabling him to write entire apps in days rather than months. He is not worried about job loss because AI enhances his skills. He plans to adopt AI tools for a side business developing software for sales agencies in the lighting industry. AI improves comment quality and developer productivity.
In the last year or so, I've been using AI-assisted coding, and I've gotten really used to it. I don't want to go back to the old way or be at a company that doesn't think that you should be using it. AI takes a lot of the load off of you. As an example, one thing that every developer has to do is make commit messages.
You write some code, you do your work, and you save it, basically, to a checkpoint. You write a message about what you're saving. It seems no one has ever really put a lot of effort into that. Now, you just say, 'Hey, write me a good message,' and AI writes incredible, detailed comments. In the past, you'd always see messages like 'work in progress' or totally unusable stuff. Even if it was kind of useful, AI adds a lot more detail.
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