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points by magic_hamster 1 day ago | 0 comments

> All the while I acknowledge that there is something there that will change programming — just not as radically as the US-based doomsayers think. AI can copy, it cannot innovate.

This seems a bit out of touch. The metamorphosis of programming is already done.

Doing any kind of manual programming in November 2026 is a luxury that most tech workers don't have. Delivery rate has gone up and for any chace to keep up, you have to generate your code. The differentiator now is how you ensure the quality and alignment.

But the days of typing code are over. It's done. Programming is now a hobby, a luxury, a sport, but no longer a job.

[–] ben_w 1 day ago

Not quite, not yet. And I'm saying that as one who eagerly uses LLMs to code: there are edge cases for legal reasons, and last I checked (though this changes fast) also for artistic reasons.

I get the impression we're also not quite there on technical capabilities, given all the complaints about the functionality/performance (or lack thereof) of the vibe-coded version of the Adobe suite.