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Spotify says its best developers haven't written a line of code since December, thanks to AI

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨return2ozma@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/12/spotify-says-its-best-developers-havent-written-a-line-of-code-since-december-thanks-to-ai/

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  • banshee@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why would anyone think this is a good thing? You’re actively telling the world that your product is likely full of bugs and hard to maintain.

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    • jj4211@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Or even to true believers, they can just vibe code up just as good of an app.

      It basically declares point blank that the technology does not matter, it’s their marketing and music rights only that matter.

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  • lechekaflan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Always the fucking suits.

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  • Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Please someone give me a decent non US alternative to this company.

    Make transfer easy for a family group.

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    • madjo@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Deezer or Qobuz. Both are French.

      And you can use Soundiiz to move your playlists.

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      • bluemite@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’ve tried both and like Qobuz better because I can actually switch devices and it’s aware of what I was listening to on the other. Here’s an interview with someone from Qobuz talking about their service and music in general.

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    • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I dunno where Tidal is based out of so I’m gonna recommend Lidarr

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      • Trilogy3452@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_(service)

        US (Block owns the majority)

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      • Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I would love to set the arrs up but I dont have the time or skill

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    • RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Spottube will play your music, but still depends on spotify-free to generate them

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  • FreddiesLantern@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Reads as: we here at Spotify are a bunch of naive and gullible halfwits who have diluted themselves into being proud of it.

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    • Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Deluded*

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      • FreddiesLantern@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Ah man, in my mind I was definitely thinking of some weird sci-fi experiment that has developers in jars with liquid…

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  • generic_computers@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So glad I dropped Spotify and moved to Deezer.

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  • CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Spotify lies as naturally as it squeezes musicians.

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  • Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    ( X )

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  • thatradomguy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My first thought for the title is thinking it’s because they fired their best/most expensive developer and kept the AI baby sitters.

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  • sturmblast@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I mean… how much are you really changing at this point anyway?

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  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Spotify is a subscription radio station. I’m sure their development team is large and doing great secret, next-level things. /s

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  • ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thankfully I dumped this shit platform last year.

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  • MoonRaven@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I bet they have developers not write, but I guarantee you that those are not their best devs…

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  • jjlinux@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Lol, as if I needed another reason to stay away from them 🤣

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  • Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Well, if you are a top developer, you don’t write lines of code. You leave this to your underlings.

    On a building site, the architect is not laying bricks, either.

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    • theherk@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Okay but your best masons are. Architects and developers are different.

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      • dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        In what I’ve seen, the best masons are on construction sites planning the work before hand. The inexperienced and newby masons mix mortar and carry bricks around. The top elder guys lead the prep work planing when and where stuff needs to be for what is being built. But once the machine starts mixing the cement all those guys do is lay bricks.

        They don’t shovel, they don’t mix mortar, they don’t carry materials. Just laying brick after brick until they run out of materials or the construction is done. It’s quite mesmerizing to see a good contractor working efficiently, rare but fascinating.

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    • Darkenfolk@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I wouldn’t trust an architect even with making mortar(or a sound building design to begin with), but I would expect a top developer to be able to code.

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      • Treczoks@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        To be able to code is what brings a developer to be on top. But from a certain point, you mostly herd junior programmers.

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  • Kissaki@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Prompt: On line 23, between the words fn and close, write close.

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  • Bookmeat@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Vibe coding by experts can actually be effective. It’s the junior developers that really fuck it up.

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    • EvenOdds@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Depends on what you call vibe coding. AI tools in the hands of experts can be effective, but definitely not fully hands off.

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    • Kissaki@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If it’s only vibe coding, going by vibe, being an expert makes no difference.

      If you go for thorough reviews and corrections, supposed code generation efficiency gains are typically offset by review and correction effort.

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    • madjo@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It can give me a starting point, but I’d never use it for anything production worthy.

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  • Doorbook@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This seems like a warning sign. If the dev are not innovating new system and algorithm that AI cannot produce then this product will not evolve !

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