Reading code instead of writing code: The underestimated senior discipline

goloroden 23 points 3 comments May 16, 2026
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praneetbrar

This feels even more relevant with AI-assisted coding. Generating code is getting cheaper; the bottleneck is increasingly understanding and validating what already exists.

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