Currently, the only way to understand code is to read it. You no longer need to understand code to produce it (maybe in some pre-AI cases that was also true).
So no, you don’t _need_ to read code anymore. But not reading code is a risk.
That risk is proportional to characteristics that are very difficult, and in many cases impossible, to measure.
So currently best practice would be to continue reading code. Sigh.
So no, you don’t _need_ to read code anymore. But not reading code is a risk.
That risk is proportional to characteristics that are very difficult, and in many cases impossible, to measure.
So currently best practice would be to continue reading code. Sigh.