Daily Post #3231 • October 13 2026 • Craft

Pistols shooting backwards

Planes fly themselves. But having a pilot is still important, to make sure everything’s OK, for the times when it’s not.

AI can write code without you knowing the frameworks or languages it uses. But knowing those frameworks and languages is still important, to make sure everything’s OK, for the times when it’s not.

Because the last thing you — or Airbus — want, is to put your name against a pistol that shoots backwards 5% of the time.

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