Grady Booch clashes with AI coding advocates: engineers aren't there to help LLMs
Grady_Booch · x · 2026-10-31
Software engineering luminary Grady Booch quote-tweeted @steipete's claim that "your job is to help the LLM write better code faster," calling it out directly: the job of a software engineer is to bring value to stakeholders in an enduring, economically sustainable, and ethical fashion. He bluntly told Peter to "reconsider your life choices" — a notable debate about the engineer's role in the AI coding era.
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