I read this when it first came out (Feb 2026) - I agreed with it then, and I still agree with it now. But I also just think that knowing the fundamentals is important, some people really believe we're "skipping a step" and that won't be important. Either way, people who already have good fundamentals are probably going to be using them WITH LLMs, and it doesn't take a ton of practice to "keep up" with fundamentals (see an expert jazz guitarist play a C scale, rudiments come back quickly when they're engaged).
Are people still writing any code by hand? My VP doesn't even READ code anymore. I rarely write code, but I've found a great spot between "full offloading" and staying really in tune with the "actions" I'm taking as together they form the "whole" deliverable at the end of a project / task. I still try to understand what the problem is, I draft a solution to solve it, then sometimes I'll give that solution to AI, and other times I'll compare my solution with the AI solution.
But, for the most part, I believe I'm somewhere in the middle? (Yes it's faster to use AI to generate code, but I still want to see that code when it's done and make sure it matches the broader system)
I'm mostly curious what other devs experience is...
Are people still writing any code by hand? My VP doesn't even READ code anymore. I rarely write code, but I've found a great spot between "full offloading" and staying really in tune with the "actions" I'm taking as together they form the "whole" deliverable at the end of a project / task. I still try to understand what the problem is, I draft a solution to solve it, then sometimes I'll give that solution to AI, and other times I'll compare my solution with the AI solution.
But, for the most part, I believe I'm somewhere in the middle? (Yes it's faster to use AI to generate code, but I still want to see that code when it's done and make sure it matches the broader system)
I'm mostly curious what other devs experience is...