AI will make coding obsolete in 1-2 years, says head of Claude Code
“And as a programmer, it's actually not it doesn't feel that new because there's always new frameworks, there's always new languages.”
And as a programmer, it's actually not it doesn't feel that new because there's always new frameworks, there's always new languages. It's just something that we're quite comfortable with in the field. But at the same time, this isn't true for everyone. And I think for some people, they're gonna feel a greater sense of, I don't know, maybe like loss or nostalgia or atrophy or something like this. I don't know if you saw this, but Elon was saying that,
why isn't the AI just writing binary straight to binary? Because what's the point of all this, you know, programming abstraction
in the end? Yeah. That's a good question. I mean, it it totally can do that if you wanted to. Oh,
man. So what I'm hearing here is in terms There's always this question, should I learn to code? Should people in school learn to code? What I heard from you is your take is in that like a year or two, you don't really need to.
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Boris Cherny discusses how AI coding tools will fundamentally change programming, with some developers feeling comfortable with the transition while others may experience loss or nostalgia. The conversation touches on whether people should still learn to code and explores the possibility of AI writing directly to binary code, bypassing traditional programming abstractions entirely.
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Makes a bold timeline prediction about coding becoming unnecessary that challenges conventional wisdom about programming education and careers.
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