Why We Stopped Pretending AI Will Replace Developers
For about two years, the internet had a very specific flavor of panic: AI is coming for developers. Every week brought a new headline — "ChatGPT writes code better than you," "GitHub Copilot replaces junior engineers," "The end of programming is here." We read all of it. We tried all of it. And…
April 29, 2026
Why We Stopped Pretending AI Will Replace Developers
For about two years, the internet had a very specific flavor of panic: AI is coming for developers. Every week brought a new headline — "ChatGPT writes code better than you," "GitHub Copilot replaces junior engineers," "The end of programming is here." We read all of it. We tried all of it. And…
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