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What we lose when we stop coding (newsletter.humanwhocodes.com)
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[–] 11 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

There have been non-coding software architects for decades before LLMs became a thing. Most of us more experienced people are not in architect positions mainly because there are way fewer of those available. That's changing now.

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  • [–] 30 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Non-coding architects has been a well known organizational red-flag for decades.

    Non-coding people always lose track of reality, and it's a disaster to give them decision power over fine-grained technical choices.

    Now, I don't really know how that maps into non-coding software developers, but I'm not optimist.

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  • [–] 14 points 5 months ago

    It’s a matter of feedback loops.

    It’s the same problem as when you divide teams by front-end/back-end, or implementation vs testing, or features vs platforming.

    When you don’t have to feel the pain of your decisions, you’re going to make bad decisions.

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