Let’s see if we survive — or go extinct!
I’ve been programming since I was 12, which means I’ve been fighting with machines for 38 years trying to make them do what I tell them to :D
Since then, the boogeyman has always been: “Why waste your time on that? Soon they’ll program themselves — you’ll just say what you want, and they’ll do it.”
Until now, I’d never seen anything that came close. Many “no code” attempts, sure — but none truly effective.
Today, that changed.
For the first time, I saw a machine generate clear, well-structured code, write tests, run them, read the results, and adjust the code accordingly. It was like watching a YouTube tutorial of someone coding: “Let’s create a function… now a file to test it… there’s an error… I found it… let’s tweak the function… now it works!”
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My only job was to hit “accept” to run the files (a fair enough safeguard if you don’t want to wipe your drive due to a “mistake”).
I’m overwhelmed — but happy!
Someone will say: “You’re out of a job now!!!”
To which I’ll reply: “On the contrary — now I can actually enjoy my job. I can focus on analyzing and solving problems instead of spending hours hunting for a missing comma or trying to remember the command to split a string…”
It’s true — change is coming, fast and hard.
But that’s what evolution is: adapting to shifting environments.
Let’s see if we survive — or go extinct!
