'Coding is dead': developer lets Claude handle edits instead of IDEs

A developer says opening an IDE for small edits feels too tedious and now delegates changes to Claude entirely, remarking they may never write code manually again. Commenters view this as an expected transition as developers adapt to AI workflows.

2026-08-18 ~ 2026-08-18 · 2 related posts

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