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Anyone who thinks software engineering is ‘going away’ doesn’t understand the job. Kent Beck 🌻, creator of XP and TDD, on why Dario has it wrong: [Gergely: Dario said, I quote, ‘coding is going away first, then all of software engineering’. ] “That's a statement by someone who doesn't... show more
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Learn more about the origins of TDD, Extreme Programming and Agile from Kent Beck on The Pragmatic Engineer podcast: • YouTube: • Spotify: • Apple: • Summary and transcript:

@GergelyOrosz @KentBeck “That's a statement by someone who doesn't understand software engineering.” I disagree. That’s a statement by someone trying to sell their product.

@KentBeck This is great insight. The s/w engineering and coding is frequently perceived as synonymous, and it is not. The communication, KYC, taste and ability to organize and lead are all parts of engineering effort - very few people work in the team of one and never scale up.

Such an interesting topic, and I feel in many ways @KentBeck is spot on. Software Engineering is way more than writing code, in fact that is a very small part of it. I often say I'm language agnostic, as the code itself doesn't really matter, it's the concept that makes an engineer! AI is in many ways like a keyboard or speech to text tools. It's just another way for code to be written, but it still needs an experienced engineer guilding it and outlining the core concepts and structure, and working through those thoughts as the project is evolving.

@KentBeck This will age profoundly poor.

@KentBeck We’ll do our own software systems building. Engineers will be ai coders. You software people don’t even understand basic fundamentals of natural law for some reason. Explaining to you is not needed anymore to build programs and automate process

@KentBeck Another banger, very much enjoyed this and the recent interview with Kelsey Hightower.

@KentBeck Matches what I see from the other side. I can't really code, I ship with AI. The syntax was never the wall. Knowing what to build and why still takes everything, and that doesn't go away.

