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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject You cannot learn to code byhaving a model write it:the mental models only come… SY Scott H. Young — holds since 2025-11-18 Models that can code should be allowed to write their own interfaces, instead of being boxed into the UI humans give them. Models that can codeshould be allowed to… SP Sundar Pichai — holds since 2025-06-05 Programming, not diagramming, is where an engineer actually learns, because code is the point at which you can no longer fool yourself about what you understand. Programming, notdiagramming, is where… KB Kent Beck — holds since 2026-07-01 Working with models has stopped being a theoretical science and become an empirical one, so your priors from computer science class are a hindrance. Working with models hasstopped being a… BC Boris Cherny — holds since 2026-07-27 A model that is really good at coding is really good at general problem-solving, and that skill carries into every other domain. A model that is reallygood at coding is… PS Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-02-12 Coding models are worst at exactly the thing an AI research explosion would need: code that has never been written before. Coding models are worstat exactly the thing an… AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 You learn a programming language by building something in it, not by reading about it. You learn a programminglanguage by building… AR Alice Ryhl — holds since 2026-05-20 Predictions that nobody will write code soon dodge the question of what code is: prompting a model is still producing something we will have to read and change. Predictions that nobodywill write code soon… MF Martin Fowler — holds since 2026-04-07 Coding is not just another application domain for AI; it is the meta-skill that lets AI generate its own training material and start the recursive self-improvement loop. Coding is not justanother application… FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-08-10
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