Totally agree! Reading code is harder than writing it, and I think I spend more time reading and trying to understand than I do writing.
But this CEO I just met on LinkedIn?
"we already have the possibility to both improve our productivity and increase our joy. To do that we have to look at what software engineering is. That might be harder than it looks because the opportunity was hidden in plain sight for decades. It starts with rethinking how we make decisions and with eliminating the need for reading code by creating and employing contextual tools."
Context is how AI is a whole new layer of complexity that SWE teams have to maintain.
I'm so confused.