At least proprietary compilers were software you owned and could be airgapped from any network. You didn't create software by tediously negotiating with compilers running on remote machines controlled by a tech corp that can undercut you on whatever you are trying to build (but of course they will not, it says so in the Agreement, and other tales of the fantastic).
> Also, as a lazy developer who is always trying to make AI do my job for me, it still kind of sucks, and its not clear that it will make my life easier any time soon.
Every time I have to write a simple self contained couple of functions I try… and it gets it completely wrong.
It's easier to just write it myself rather than to iterate 50 times and hope it will work, considering iterations are also very slow.