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Boris Cherny, the founder of Anthropic's Claude Code, said AI has largely solved coding, so software engineers will start to take on different tasks.
Boris Cherny, Anthropic's Claude Code founder, declares coding "practically solved" by AI, predicting the "software engineer" title fades by 2026.
Engineers evolve into generalists writing specs, engaging users, and reviewing agent-generated code. Startups use full agent workflows; teams include non-coders coding via AI. Shifts bring productivity but risks like atrophy and fatigue, redefining roles across industries.
TL;DR: The Junior Developer role is disappearing as AI handles entry-level tasks like unit tests and JSON schemas faster and cheaper than humans. This removes crucial learning opportunities where juniors gain codebase knowledge and debugging skills through grunt work.
Seniors emerge from repeated production failures, not tutorials. Vibe coding with AI creates ununderstood codebases.
Result: barbell workforce of experienced seniors using AI and prompt-only users lacking fundamentals.
Solution: Hire juniors to audit AI output via forensic coding.
The Great De-Frameworking: Why AI Makes Native Code Cool Again How AI can free us from the upgrade treadmill and give us back code we actually own. AI is targeting your node_modules Your doom-scroll …
AI tools like Copilot are dismantling reliance on frameworks such as React, Tailwind, and Next.js, ushering in "de-frameworking." They generate efficient native JavaScript, CSS, and Web Components faster than framework experts, escaping upgrade hell and dependency issues. Developers regain code ownership, building maintainable projects that age gracefully. Frameworks offered short-term boosts but created treadmills; AI returns simplicity, letting humans focus on logic over scaffolding maintenance.
I shouldn’t have to care about this. I don’t want to care about how someone’s code gets into the IDE. Whether you wrote it by hand, copied it from a forum…
I’ve been following the shift toward vibe coding, and this piece perfectly captures that transition from rigid engineering to a more intuitive, AI-driven flow. It explores how we're moving away from deep syntax knowledge toward shaping systems through intent. While it warns about the loss of fundamental debugging skills, it also celebrates the sheer creative speed we gain. It’s a compelling look at our new reality: if it feels right and the tests pass, it’s code. 🚀
Manche Firmen wissen genau, was sie nicht machen. Aber nicht so genau, was sie machen.
Aufwand, Dauer und Kosten in der Softwareentwicklung sind schwer vorherzusagen – das hat durchaus etwas von einem Escape Room.
TLDR: VSCode + RooCode + LM Studio + Devstral + snowflake-arctic-embed2 + docs-mcp-server.
A fast, cost-free, self-hosted AI coding assistant setup supports lesser-used languages and minimizes hallucinations on less powerful hardware.
Teams are left cleaning up after code that looked fine but failed under pressure.
CouchTimes year in review. Jan Fruchtl shares his thoughts about releasing an app. Interesting read! Especially at the end when he is talking about whether it matters if there is a similar app already available.