Much of the attention to generative AI in software development is
about generating code. But it may have a more useful role in helping us
understand existing code. This is especially true for older codebases
that are getting hard to maintain (“legacy”) or to improve onboarding in
teams that have a lot of fluctuation.
Birgitta Böckeler demonstrates the possibilities here
by picking an issue from an open-source hospital management system and
exploring how AI could help her deal with it.
Source: martinfowler