precisely. we are very lucky to be during the timeline where ChatGPT was released during our later years, that we didn't have to compete with auto created code during our learning formative years.
But I agree with this one more so, I did programming as part of my Comp Sci degree and my job doesn't require any programming. I didn't particularly like programming and would end up with 20+ tabs of various questions being asked with most of my time spend finding an answer to my question having to troll through what was often the cesspool of stackoverflow.
But having a tool where I can ask it questions about my code, code in general is hugely beneficial. I can write a block of code, or have it write a block of code, then have it explain to me how it's meant to be working. If I don't understand a particular component I can contextually ask it more questions.
I appreciate the expectation of code quality is higher in production, but from a personal learning standpoint for a learner its great.
Though standards have been going down, so maybe you are right.
I’d be more worried if I was somebody like Squarespace. When anybody can say “build me a neat looking website,” the business of selling templates looks rough.
Spend a bit in R&D to make sure they have a lock on ease of use at gen AI website building/modification, ideally starting from base templates and that's plug and play with their existing CMS.
If anything, doing that could even increase their market share to users for whom simple templating was either (a) not enough, or (b) still too complex without additional handholding.
For pretty much everyone, generative AI is a threat to those who stagnate in the status quo and an opportunity to those actively seeking growth and ever improved product market fit.