Posted by chwtutha 1 day ago
GitHub and LLMs have reduced the friction to the point where it's overwhelming human reviewers. Removing that friction would be nice if it didn't cause problems of its own. It turns out that friction had some useful benefits, and that's why you're seeing the pendulum swing the other way.
It makes sense if you are collaborating over IRC, but I feel the need to face palm when people sitting next to each other do it.
What is your preferred way to talk to your team?
No English, only code
Slack
Zoom
In a meeting room
Over lunch
On a walk
One thing I’ve learned over time is that the highest bandwidth way of talking is face to face because you can read body language in addition to words. Video chat is okay, but an artificial and often overly formal setting. Phone is faster than text. Text drops the audio/visual/emotional signal completely. Code is precise but requires reverse engineering intent.
I personally like a walk, and then pair programming a shared screen.
However, it's not hard to envision a future where the exact opposite will be occur: a few key AI tools/models will become specialized and better at coding/testing in various platforms than humans and they will ignore or de-prioritize our input.
Simple as. He who is without sin can cast the first stone.