Claude can do some medium complicated sites from scratch relatively quickly. The problem is I’ve seen so many of these at work, not just from non-engineers, but from peers too, that they’re easy to spot. AI sites/apps are going to be the new geocities.

But when you want to move beyond the basic thing that impresses the c suites for some reason, it hits a pretty big wall in speed to output and needs a lot more hand holding.

I fear that the c suites don’t really care about quality, just speed and saving money. So while I’m a much better developer than Claude (which is imo the best at the moment), I don’t think that makes my job secure. I have to use the AI, and it’s getting silly/scary religious here about it. We have to talk about how we used AI and how it’s making things better. And to make things worse, I don’t see a company that’s not drinking the Flavor Aid.

It can be useful, and used right, you can do a lot of things faster. But the expectations from the top don’t align with the reality of the product, and us developers are being blamed for the gap.

This is the same shit they’ve always done. They’re testing the waters to see what they can get away with. They’ll get there, but this was a little too soon. Give it a few more months.