Show HN: I drank the AI Kool-Aid and stopped coding after 40 years

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Aug 4, 2025 16:39
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Summary

A veteran programmer with over 40 years of experience has stopped coding manually, instead using AI systems to build software more efficiently. This shift highlights how AI is transforming software development, potentially redefining the role of programmers and accelerating the pace of innovation in the field.

Maybe I've lost it. After 40+ years of programming (starting with a turkey in BASIC), I've completely stopped writing code. Instead, I orchestrate AI systems to build software faster than I ever could manually. Either I'm documenting the future of development, or I'm having the world's most productive midlife crisis. You decide. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44788227 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

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