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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject The meme that programmersno longer need to becompetent is a trap: the… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-09-18 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 AI is welcome as a better search engine and a pair programmer that does not drive, but writing the code itself is not something to hand over to it. AI is welcome as abetter search engine… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-09-18 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — turned since 2026-04-08 Overly prescriptive instructions make a coding agent worse, for the same reason a micromanaging boss makes a programmer worse. Overly prescriptiveinstructions make a… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 Programmers who loved the mechanical act of coding are under threat; those who wanted to build things are not. Programmers who lovedthe mechanical act of… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 No one fully understands the consequences of how capable AI is becoming. No one fullyunderstands the… SA Sam Altman — holds since 2026-09-01 The case for sweating every line of code was premised on humans doing the modifications, and it now survives only because tokens are scarce. The case for sweatingevery line of code was… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 However capable AI coding tools become, the industry will still need junior programmers, because someone must be able to vet what the machine produces. However capable AIcoding tools become… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-04-24 Most of the Linux world is ambivalent or hostile to AI, which is fine, but it needs a camp that leans in all the way, and Omarchy will be it. Most of the Linux worldis ambivalent or… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-25 The scarce skill is now context switching across parallel agents, not sustained deep work. The scarce skill is nowcontext switching… BC Boris Cherny — holds since 2026-03-04
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