---
title: "REVENGE"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/revenge-aroz5woea
source_url: https://daily.dev/posts/revenge-aroz5woea
type: freeform
source: "Watercooler"
author: "Judah Helland"
published: 2024-03-21T21:32:44.419Z
updated: 2026-03-15T02:32:27.564Z
tags: ["general-programming", "github", "open-source"]
reading_time: 1
upvotes: 14
comments: 12
language: en
---

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# REVENGE

**[Watercooler](https://daily.dev/sources/watercooler)** · [@c_f](https://daily.dev/c_f) · 1 min read · 14 upvotes · 12 comments

## Summary

Discussion about the potential consequences of DEVIN and similar platforms putting developers out of a job, including the ethical concerns of retaliating through uploading garbage code and the implications of contributing to open-source projects that could be exploited.

## Content

Legit question: if DEVIN and similar started putting devs out of a job would you start uploading garbage code to github/gitlab etc. to try to 'poison the waterhole'? Would you still build/contribute to OS that is def going to get stolen for the express purpose of putting you out of a job?

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@praetoriani** · 5 upvotes

> I know it's hard, but you have to look at it from a different perspective: No matter how good Devin or similar AIs are, do you seriously think that Devin users really understand what Devin produces? I don't think so. Our role as developers will change. Definitely. But it's up to us to make the best of it. There's also the chance that AI will make them even more dependent on us, precisely because they don't understand what all the code means. I also think that a developer working with Devin can achieve much better results than some wannabe developers who just quickly creates a website with...

**@francod** · 4 upvotes

> As much as it may hurt to be replaced, it wouldn't sit well with me to fight back to keep a job I know can be automated.

**@benwang** · 3 upvotes

> I think that Devin would have filtering features to combat garbage code. But if it didn't, I would seriously consider it.
> Also, if you don't contribute to OS, wouldn't Devin fill that gap?

**@anupammahato** · 2 upvotes

> Don't worry I am making Ultron to fight with the devil(Devin)🧙‍♂️

**@rishiraj69** · 1 upvotes

> I have no moral obligations or whatsoever that might stop me from uploading garbage codes, or even codes with vulnerabilities.... so if it comes to that, I'm straight up evil

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Tags: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source)

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