Veteran Developer Says He Stopped Hand-Writing Code in January 2026

A veteran developer with decades of experience, including multiple open-source projects, says he last hand-wrote code in January 2026 and believes frontier models have fully surpassed him, with no plans to return.

2026-09-08 ~ 2026-09-08 · 2 related posts

• Veteran dev: I last wrote code by hand in January 2026 and I'm never going back — facontidavide · 2026-09-08
• Veteran developer: last time I coded by hand was January 2026, and I'm never going back — facontidavide · 2026-09-08