{"slug": "ask-hn-developers-are-you-being-forced-into-prompt-only-engineering", "title": "Ask HN: Developers, are you being forced into prompt-only engineering?", "summary": "A developer on Hacker News asks whether peers are being forced into prompt-only engineering, citing that many at larger companies with unlimited token budgets write no code and that code reviews are being offshored to LLMs or neglected. The post questions whether developers are happy with this shift and becoming prompt engineers for the rest of their careers.", "body_md": "| ||||||||||||\n3 points by |\nI've heard most don't write any code at all at bigger shops that have flexible/unlimited token budgets. Code reviews are also being \"offshored\" to LLMs and/or neglected. What's your experience? Most importantly, do you enjoy this shift? Are you happy with becoming and staying a prompt engineer for the rest of your careers? | |||||||||||\n|", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-developers-are-you-being-forced-into-prompt-only-engineering", "canonical_source": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48538770", "published_at": "2026-06-15 09:26:28+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-15 09:42:15.946160+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["large-language-models", "ai-tools", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Hacker News"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-developers-are-you-being-forced-into-prompt-only-engineering", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-developers-are-you-being-forced-into-prompt-only-engineering.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-developers-are-you-being-forced-into-prompt-only-engineering.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ask-hn-developers-are-you-being-forced-into-prompt-only-engineering.jsonld"}}