Developer Says AI Coding With Claude and Codex Nearly Bankrupted Him

A developer's confession, amplified by Randall Kanna, describes how coding with Claude and Codex gave him an endless stream of feel-good busywork while avoiding shipping anything, nearly bankrupting him. Commentators call AI coding a "new kind of Soma" for escaping real problems.

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