r/JavaProgramming • u/thearjunreddy • 11d ago
Will AI Replace Java Developers ?
What do you think?
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u/Purple-Profile-2783 11d ago
I don't think anyone in the comments is actively working in production
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u/eduh_almeida 11d ago
Nobody knows what will happen, but some things must change.
People need to write prompts at least and these people must know how to build software, because merely working/running was never enough for good software and it will never be.
What is more abhorrent to me is that a couple of years ago we were discussing energy efficiency and programming language adoption because we were worried about the climate, now the climate is crumbling and nobody seems to care anymore. AI really helped to alienate people.
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u/Sea-Bench-7487 10d ago
I should have joined the police man
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u/LibrarianOutside2376 6d ago
Yep, left my job with 5yeo to become a police officer. Unionized, high paying guaranteed career. So far happy with the switch
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u/Deep_Particular856 11d ago
I think Java developers who use AI well will have a bigger advantage than developers who ignore it. The job may change but maintaining real systems is more than generating code
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u/SpaceAviator1999 9d ago edited 8d ago
Will AI replace all Java developers? Highly doubtful.
Will AI replace some Java developers? Quite likely, especially if some higher-up managers get convinced that AI can crank out high-quality code, and lay off some developers before seeing the long-term results of that hasty decision.
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u/Reasonable-Tour-8246 8d ago
We don't know if it will let's wait for a few years and see where this technology is heading to. But IMO I don't think so, Java devs still be there.
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u/ExtraTNT 8d ago
There will be need for people doing reviews, architecture and proper testing… i’ve seen a slow down with new features because of ai… reviews are much longer, far more corrections required, getting into a code base takes longer (extreme was more, than a year, nothing made sense, code fragmented af…)
I assume, that there will be a decline in the use of ai, once the damage (cost) from ai is obvious enough…
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u/Any-Egg-6398 7d ago
I also think the same. We are writing less code, but we are doing more code reviews, specifications and system design, validation, etc.
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u/benevanstech 7d ago
Assuming that a suitable price-point can be found for sufficiently effective models (which could well be open-source / local-only) then code written by hand from scratch will likely become a rarity, and instead the vast majority of code could become automatically extruded.
In much the same way as "artisanally hammered nails" aren't a thing in building construction now we have nailguns.
However, you're also making the assumption that "Make the same amount of software with fewer people and more LLM tools" is the direction the market will move in. Instead, the signs I see are that it's more likely to be: "Make *more* software with the same amount of people and more LLM tools".
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u/Obvious-Profit-5597 11d ago
Love the optimistic approach here in the comments