Hacker News with Generative AI: Junior Developers

Junior Devs: Avoid These Pitfalls with LLMs (atomicobject.com)
I came across an article called “How AI-assisted coding will change software engineering: hard truths” that made me pause to think about how I use Large Language Models (LLMs), particularly the section on what the author calls the “knowledge paradox.”
Junior Developers, Software Development, Artificial Intelligence
4 points by philk10 9 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: How should junior programmers use and/or not use AI for programming? (ycombinator.com)
I am observing at my company that junior programmers, who have been allowed to use AI for helping with their coding seem to be losing their coding skills and critical skills.
Software Engineering, AI, Junior Developers, Programming
51 points by taatparya 15 days ago | 44 comments
Ask HN: A question about mentoring a junior developer (ycombinator.com)
So this is the scenario: I develop a SQL object which is being used by an application developer in an app I haven't seen before. The developer is a junior and it's clear that they have a poor understanding of the use cases they're dealing with, and likely haven't adequately tested their changes. This developer isn't on my team and isn't someone I'm directly responsible for mentoring.
Software Development, Mentoring, Junior Developers, SQL
36 points by Desafinado 35 days ago | 40 comments
AI Is Robbing Jr. Devs (benbrougher.tech)
I’ve heard this sentiment repeated multiple times: “Treat AI like a junior developer—give it small tasks that a junior developer can handle, and then review its output for correctness.”
Artificial Intelligence, Software Development, Programming, Junior Developers
16 points by makerdiety 62 days ago | 15 comments
Are junior devs cooked? This mini tool made in 20 min of prompting ReplitAI (twitter.com)
Programming, Artificial Intelligence, Tools, Junior Developers
5 points by johnrushx 173 days ago | 12 comments