It does sound like you have some things that you are hiding/supressing/masking yourself.

Aren't you tired of "playing a character" in your life? That is a very lonely way of living. I know because I did. Still do, but less so now.

If you are lonely that might be because you are not easygoing, or you criticize people too quickly(as you just did). If you were just unusual, as everyone else is, you would have friends and wouln't feel lonely

You can be surrounded with people and still feel lonely. People will be the friends with the image you project, not the real you.

> Jane Austen

No idea who that is, but I assume she writes Gundam stories without mechs.

So, two options.

a) It's a smoke screen. Do something bombastic and provocative so that the opposition chews on that while something else more "important" passes undetected.

b) Nah, he's just stupid.

Ubiquity is still a big one. There's many, many places where C exists that Rust has not reached yet.

Can it generate good code?

Both the author and I agree in that yes, it can.

Does it always generate good code?

Here is where the author and I disagree vehemently. The author implies that the ai-generated code is always correct. My personal experience is that it often isn't. Not even for big projects - for small bugfixes it also misunderstands and hallucinates solutions.

So no C or assembly for me, thank you very much.

Honestly a button on the watch seems like the way to go for me.

- Double-o Seven, for this mission you will need a fast stealth escape vehicle.

- So do I get an Aston Martin?

- Well ...

UK is in a recession so James Bond needs to tighten the belt. Also, only Tesco gin and tonic for him from now on.

This vehicle doesn't fit the rules. Get on the bus mr bond.

"Be sure to keep your receipts."

Quick Mr Bond they're gaining on us... they seem to be riding Bromptons!

The cost of writing code has gone down - I don't think by 90%. Maybe by 30%, with a big asterisk that says something like "as long as someone has put some similar code somewhere or is a very mechanical refactor".

The thing is, writing code is just the first step on building software. You are reviewing what your AI generates, right? You will still be held responsible when it doesn't work. And you will have to maintain and support that code. That is, in my mind, also "building software".

This reminds me of the (amazing) Vim experts that zip around a codebase with their arcane keystrokes. I'm a main Vim user and I can't mimic a fraction of their power. It's mesmerizing to watch them edit files, it's as if their thoughs get translated into words on the screen.

I also know that editing is just the first step. If you skip the rest, you are being misled by an industry with vested interests.