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0 pointsjstummbillig1mo ago0 comments

Not at all. Code is not important, intent is. The leader of a product/company does not have to read code. It doesn't matter if it is generated by humans or non-humans. It simply needs to be correct enough to be usable and then steerable towards better outcomes. Understanding of code never existed from the business perspective.

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throwaway1737381mo ago

It does in safety critical industries. You can get grilled by regulators about your source code. And lawyers will use it as evidence in court.

raincole1mo ago

> The leader of a product/company does not have to read code.

Yeah, because they believe (sometimes wrongly) their subordinates read it.

> Understanding of code never existed from the business perspective.

It does, it's called organizational wisdom and domain knowledge, because you need those witty names to sell books to aspiring managers.

roncesvalles1mo ago

The code codifies the intent and is the long-term source of truth for how your business actually operates.

>The leader of a product/company does not have to read code.

That's because he's paid a bunch of people 300k to read it and make sure it aligns with the company's objectives and interests. Part of the reason why devs are paid so much is because they're literal business administrators for some narrow slice of the company's operations. The devs are the leaders that you're referring to.

Even in multi-hundred-billion-dollar companies there are so many mission critical things that are owned by just 2 SWEs.

contagiousflow1mo ago

Can you think of a good way to encode intent into a system?

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