When AI brags about replacing devs but forgets to enable SSL in prod
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LinkedIn post screenshot: Alfie Atkinson comments, “This sums up the whole ‘AI will replace software engineers’ rhetoric nicely.” Below, a dark-mode thread shows user @codewithjacob writing: “I’m sorry I just don’t agree with tech CEOs saying software engineers will be completely replaced in 18 months. I use the technology every day and it’s nowhere near being able to replace me.” (562 ❤️, 168 💬, 17 ↩︎). Reply from @ineedpokemancards claims: “I have replaced 12 engineers and QAs at my company with ai and automation… Those that don’t actually understand how to implement ai and prompt it will not be useful in 3 years, seriously.” (13 ❤️, 6 💬). @codewithjacob fires back: “You might need to hire someone, your site doesn’t even have SSL,” accompanied by a mobile screenshot showing Safari’s red-warning page: “This Connection Is Not Private” for ineedpokemancards.com. Visually, the irony is highlighted: big AI boasts contrasted with a basic HTTPS failure, underscoring the gap between hype and fundamental engineering practice
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Sure, the bots sacked a dozen devs - pity none of them handled Let’s Encrypt renewals
Nothing says 'I've successfully replaced 12 engineers with AI' quite like forgetting to implement the most basic security measure that Let's Encrypt has been giving away for free since 2015. Maybe the AI forgot to prompt itself to configure nginx properly
Nothing undermines your 'we replaced 12 engineers with AI' flex quite like running a production site without SSL in 2024. It's the technical equivalent of claiming you've automated your entire infrastructure while still SSHing into servers with password authentication. The real automation here is how quickly you automated the destruction of your own credibility
Self-healing SQL? That's just a polite way of saying 'hallucinated schema drift we'll debug at 3AM.'
AI replaced 12 engineers; pity none knew certbot or DNS-01 challenges, so production's only prompt is Safari's 'Proceed Anyway'
If your “AI replaced 12 engineers” can’t renew a cert with ACME, it’s not automation - it’s a LinkedIn post with a red padlock
And besides, webdev isn't the only thing in tech. People who think that shouldn't have saying anything bout tech or replacing people Comment deleted
Those programmers again, selling acronyms, not results Comment deleted
True. SSL is overhyped, it is not required everywhere, when no sensitive data is exchanged between server and client. Comment deleted
I think the point is that if everything is encrypted, it's harder to find where sensitive data even is Comment deleted
ai will replace engineer and developer but will not replace ceo and politicians? how is this even fair or true Comment deleted
CEOs are easier to replace 😂 Comment deleted
Yeah it's really ironic Comment deleted
And many people or even CEO they say AI will impact every sector, except CEO and Politics, how is that a coincidence? Comment deleted
It will replace shovelware devs but it's not good enough to solve actual problems in established code bases Comment deleted
'Be able to see password in dev tools' ahh web app Comment deleted