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Don’t Be Scared, Devin AI + You = Super Developer

M Mainul Hasan on March 20, 2024

Every technological disruption brings a mix of excitement and uncertainty, sparking diverse reactions among professionals, and Devin AI, the latest...
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Ивелин Тенев

My main concern with AI is that it is barring junior developers from entering the field, and we do need junior developers now, if we want senior developers in 10 years.

It is true that right now AI is best for simple and repetitive tasks, but AI is evolving at an incredible rate. Way faster than any junior, imo.

What we see now is the natural way of phasing out the developer role as we know it. In 10 years AI will be senior or even principal developer and we need to adapt to the fact that soon AI will be better developer than any of us.

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Ender Ahmet Yurt

As developers, fearing AI is not beneficial. Instead, we should embrace its power and use it to our advantage.

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Perhaps Devin AI + Me = OK developer. Devin has a 13% success rate for writing efficient and functional codes; I'd rather use something like Codeium or Copilot.