I think this is a good use of AI. Change your thinking - the code is, and has always been, a medium between the computer and the human. Where is the human? Where do we define our intent? AI gives us a chance to redefine that relationship or at least make it more fluid.
A well-architected system is easier to develop and easier to maintain. It makes sense to put all the human effort into producing that because, lo and behold, both humans and LLMs can produce much better results within a well-defined structure.
Everyone is responsible for what they deliver. No one is shipping gluttonous CLs, because no one would review them. You still have to know and defend your work.
Not sure what to tell you otherwise. The code is much more thought through, with more tests, and better docs. There’s even entire workflows for the CI portion and review.
I would look at workflows like this as augmentation than automation.
What this actually means is that your manager gets a raise when the AI written code works, and you get fired when it inevitably breaks horribly. You also get fired if you do not use AI written code
1. Mostly written by LLMs, and only superficially reviewed by humans.
2. Written 50-50% by devs and LLMs. Reviewed to the same degree as now.
Software of type 2 will be more expensive and probably of higher quality. Type 1 software will be much much more common, as it will be cheaper. Quality will be lower, but the open question is whether it will be good enough for the use cases of cheap mass produced software. This is the question that is still unanswered by practical experience, and it's the question that all the venture capitalists a salivating about.
I 100% guarantee you there will be plenty of software still written fully by humans—and even more that's written 95% by humans, with minor LLM-based code autocomplete or boilerplate generation.
