When I first started coding, I knew how my code worked down to assembly language because that was the only way I could get anything to run at a sufficient speed on a 1Mhz computer, I then graduated to C and C++ with some VB and then C#, JavaScript and Python
Back in 2000 I knew every server and network switch in our office and eventually our self hosted server room with a SAN and a whopping 3TB of RAM before I left. Now I just submit a yaml file to AWS
Code is becoming no different, I treat Claude/Codex as junior developers, I specify my architecture carefully, verify it after it’s written and I test the code that AI writes for functionality and scalability to the requirements. But I haven’t looked at the actually code for the project I’m working on.
I’ve had code that I did write a year ago that I forgot what I did and just asked Codex questions about it.
Back in 2000 I knew every server and network switch in our office and eventually our self hosted server room with a SAN and a whopping 3TB of RAM before I left. Now I just submit a yaml file to AWS
Code is becoming no different, I treat Claude/Codex as junior developers, I specify my architecture carefully, verify it after it’s written and I test the code that AI writes for functionality and scalability to the requirements. But I haven’t looked at the actually code for the project I’m working on.
I’ve had code that I did write a year ago that I forgot what I did and just asked Codex questions about it.