This sounds like such a fucking nightmare. I got into software because I like writing code. Their job is now the equivalent of a full time PR reviewer.
Bullshit
It’s quite possible they already fired their best developers
Do you know what we call someone that doesn’t write a single line of code?
Anything other than a “developer”.
A manager. This tool is for what managers think software development is: managing the production of code. From that perspective this hype makes a lot of sense, just turn all your current developers into managers with AI and you now have grown the team by 10x. You can go back in time and find many jokes about how adding more developers doesn’t speed up delivery but slows it down. I don’t see how AI would suddenly make that less true, especially since the AI is not accountable for its results, you are.
Lmao, exactly. If you’re not writing the code you’re not the developer, the AI is the developer. Youre just another asshole who gets paid to do nothing.
Never used it.
Started self-hosting Navidrome.
Never gonna use it.
I haven’t worked in the industry before, but I have always assumed the “best developer” reviews code and architects the project, thus they write a minimal amount of code pre-AI anyway…
It’s a mixed bag.
That explains how Anna’s Archives got in
I was so excited to get my grubby hands on that music only to later learn it was hundreds of terabytes…
You were expecting to be able to burn out all the music in the world (yes, hyperbolic, shut up) on a couple DVDs?
Its also not sorted in any way that’s usable.
How is that still a reason to brag about
Fewer lines of code -> fewer programmers -> smaller salaries -> higher stock value
Spotify is a subscription radio station. I’m sure their development team is large and doing great secret, next-level things. /s
From The Software Quality and Productivity Crisis Executives Won’t Address (via on Lemmy)
Executives aren’t ignorant. They have the data. They commission the surveys. They attend the conferences where CTOs present their concerns. They know that:
- 91% of CTOs cite technical debt as the biggest challenge
- 75% of projects are expected to fail
- 69% of developers lose significant time to inefficiencies
- Only 39% of projects meet success criteria
- The recommended 15–20% investment in technical debt management yields better long-term returns than crisis spending
Yet they choose:
- Not to allocate recommended budgets for technical debt management
- Not to make quality a strategic priority despite CTOs’ and developers’ concerns
- Not to mention these challenges in public communications to shareholders
- To celebrate AI productivity gains whilst developers report record inefficiency
- To focus on the next hype cycle (AI) rather than address fundamental problems
This isn’t a failure of knowledge. It looks to me like a failure of courage and integrity. A failure of the very concept of leadership.
Explains a lot
Glad i moved away from Spotify a year ago. Happy to ve using Qobuz and bandcamp
Even if you don’t subscribe to Qobizz their magazine helps me find new music all the time
I bet they have developers not write, but I guarantee you that those are not their best devs…
Yeah they’re gonna need to save all the money they can because everyone I know is cancelling their subs to basically every service, from Amazon to Spotify to Crunchyroll to Netflix.
These fucking companies think they can do whatever they want and we’ll just roll over and take it and continue to give them cash every month.
Lol, as if I needed another reason to stay away from them 🤣
Spotify lies as naturally as it squeezes musicians.
