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from what I've heard from my software engineer friends, a decent coder with standard knowledge of CS and the language they're using will always write better (more optimized, more debuggable, etc.) code than currently available LLMs
even if the "fraction" is closer to 1 than 0, the heavy lifting here is done by "look what they need." vibe coders need gigantic climate destroying machines to write code that isn't as good as what an educated programmer writes running on a burrito and coffee
Unfortunately we live in day and age when corporations prioritize quantity over quality.
And that age is going to be very short as it will end with flaming hacks and downtime.
Been suffering the hacks and downtimes for over two decades waiting for the day when corpos come around on this.
Hard to continue holding out hope.