I agree with your point. In addition, from my experience as a Deaf person, AI not only improves my productivity but also my accessibility and independence.

It doesn’t mean letting AI do all the work. For me, it is a tool for support and communication: I can ask questions, get guidance, review solutions, and then make my own decisions as a developer.

I currently work in a small organization, and AI helps me a lot when working independently. I imagine that in a larger company, it could also make communication easier, reduce certain barriers, and increase my productivity.

That’s why I don’t think using AI should mean earning a lower salary. On the contrary, it can help someone bring more value, work more independently, and have a more accessible working environment.

Just like any other problem, it depends.

So my question is: how should the use of AI affect the hiring and salaries of programmers?

Inexperienced junior positions should not be using AI in the workplace is my opinion.

Should developers nowadays be expected to work with AI?

If the problem can be solved, its just another tool, sure. It really depends on the task. Developing code is one thing, creating maintainable code is another. Having AI maintain, debug, and simply understand the codebase can be a nightmare and take longer. On the flip side, AI might solve the problem in minutes vs hrs/dys/wks.

Does that mean a developer who uses AI should earn a lower salary because they can complete the work faster? 

No, its just another tool. I don't get paid any more or less if I have one more or less tool in my toolbox. Does a carpenter get paid more with an air nail gun vs a hammer? Probably not. Not having the hammer in the toolbox, well, might not get paid at all!

Now for freelancing, I can produce faster, with flat rate I can charge less, but I get paid more frequently.

Or, on the contrary, should their ability to use AI effectively and increase productivity be valued even more?

At my workplace, if we were hiring an AI developer, quite possibly yes.

Depends again, a union job would probably frown upon using AI, and also, there would be no difference in value, since all would be treated equally.

I have some uncertainty about this. As a web developer, in the past, when I wanted to strengthen my knowledge or find a solution to a problem, I would search for tutorials and tips on YouTube, Stack Overflow, and other online forums. All of that required quite a lot of time. I even used to save code snippets and solutions in Notepad so I could remember them and reuse them in future projects.

Now, with AI tools like Claude, OpenAI, and GitHub Copilot, which I currently use, I can find solutions much faster, although sometimes I feel that this requires less reasoning on my part.

So my question is: how should the use of AI affect the hiring and salaries of programmers?

Should developers nowadays be expected to work with AI? I find it a bit ironic: before AI, solving problems required more effort and time; now, with AI, we can be more productive and solve problems much faster.

Does that mean a developer who uses AI should earn a lower salary because they can complete the work faster? Or, on the contrary, should their ability to use AI effectively and increase productivity be valued even more?

What do you think? Have you had any experience with this?

That’s really important... how to set up the manifest! I’m learning something new here. Amazing, Jeremy!

Amazing, Shruti! This course about building practical UI components with Livewire and Alpine.js is very interesting.

I would like to ask you: Do you think Livewire offers more flexibility and options than React and Vue for building UI components, or do these tools offer similar possibilities?

From what I have seen so far, Livewire seems very flexible.

I remember when I got my first programming job using Microsoft's Classic ASP. At that time, PHP had a very similar concept. Around 2005, many developers started moving from ASP to PHP because the code was cleaner and the ecosystem was growing fast. Eventually, Classic ASP faded away, while PHP kept evolving.

Today, PHP is still alive and stronger than ever, powering amazing platforms and frameworks like WordPress, PrestaShop, Symfony, CodeIgniter, Yii, and of course, Laravel. Its evolution has been incredible.

This is a great series. Especially now that I am learning a bit about what Claude Code can do and how best to implement this in my daily work as a programmer.

Thank you!

@orgabor I have Herd Pro, including shipping, but in this case it doesn't work...

@orgabor I have Herd Pro, including shipping, but in this case it doesn't work...

I followed your instructions to recover the password or change the email address via email. It shows as “sent,” but I’m not receiving any emails. I’m using Herd for Windows.