Code is cheap , show me the talk ! as they are saying: Any thoughts?

AI & Agentic Testing
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What do you think? Code has become a commodity?

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still on the paper so far, most of the companies yet to reap the actual benefits

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Code itself is becoming a commodity.
Syntax, boilerplate, CRUD apps, APIs, glue code—this stuff is cheaper and faster than ever to produce. Open-source, frameworks, cloud platforms, and now AI have flattened the cost of “getting code written.” Knowing how to write code is no longer rare magic.

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@snehass But here’s the important part:

What’s not a commodity is judgment.

Things that still absolutely aren’t interchangeable:

  • Problem framing—deciding what to build and why

  • System design—tradeoffs, scalability, failure modes

  • Taste—what’s elegant vs brittle, simple vs clever

  • Context—business goals, users, constraints, risk

  • Maintenance thinking—code that survives contact with reality

Anyone (or any AI) can spit out a function. Fewer people can:

  • Say no to the wrong feature

  • Choose the boring, durable solution

  • See the second-order effects

  • Debug the weird, cross-layer, 3am production issue

That’s where value concentrates.

So the shift isn’t “developers are less valuable”; it’s:

Typing code is cheap. Thinking in systems is expensive.

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In my opinion , all of us would be just code “editors” and not code “writers”. Most of us are now generating code using AI utilities and editing it to fit our needs.

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There is not “typing” even , we just copy it these days !

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Since both Sneha’s are here, can you share your view on this thread What if you weren't in tech? - #23 by depapp

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If it’s getting easier and easier to write/generate code, how will this impact our testing landscape? :thinking:

I would love to hear from you guys - someone is really testing every day.

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I already shared my view on this.

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meant the other sneha!

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Throughout history, great orators have influenced and shaped the world. Today, when strong speaking skills are combined with effective writing—and further amplified by AI tools—they become an incredibly powerful combination. Traditionally, the tech domain was considered out of reach for pure orators, but AI has changed that landscape as well. Now, anyone who can think clearly, write well, and collaborate intelligently with AI ( prompt writing) can excel even in the technology space.

In an era where information is abundant, the only true differentiator is the drive and determination to keep improving.

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I am a fresher in this field.And I am coming from India,Tamil Nadu.

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I agree with the idea that code itself is less rare now, but good judgment is still hard to replace. AI can help write a test, generate boilerplate, or suggest a quick fix, but it can’t always tell if the test covers the right risk or if the workflow even matters to the user. In QA, that difference is huge. A test can pass and still miss the real problem if the scenario was framed badly.

So I don’t think code has no value. I think the value has moved more toward knowing what to test, where the risk sits, what to automate, and when a simple check is better than a complex script.

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So it is good only for us :slight_smile: , as AI needs manual intervention