Flask creator Armin Ronacher asks: what struggles most with AI in software engineering?
mitsuhiko · x · 2026-09-20
Armin Ronacher (mitsuhiko), creator of Flask and a well-known open-source developer, kicked off a discussion on X asking what people struggle with most when using AI in software engineering. His threads typically draw substantial first-hand experience from practitioners, making the replies worth watching.
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