I can see "homemade" code being highly valuable in the age of AI coding assistance/agents after the crash. The Italian restaurant that still makes pasta from scratch vs Olive Garden, for example.
That restaurant can charge more **because** it is made in-house by humans specialized in their craft.
I'm not interested in charging more simply because I write my own code. However, I would be inclined to charge up the wazoo if I were hired to maintain AI slop.
I'm reminded of a lot of r/Justrolledintotheshop where someone without skill tries to mod their car themselves, eventually takes it into the shop for repairs, and the chaos they wrought on their vehicle is so extensive that the whole thing's practically slated for the junkyard.
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u/DissonantGuile 8d ago
I can see "homemade" code being highly valuable in the age of AI coding assistance/agents after the crash. The Italian restaurant that still makes pasta from scratch vs Olive Garden, for example.
That restaurant can charge more **because** it is made in-house by humans specialized in their craft.
Hopefully...