Future Coders Shocked That Writing Used to Require Reading Code
lxfater · x · 2026-08-20
A thought-provoking tweet depicts a future scene where young programmers are shocked that 'writing programs used to require reading code!' when seeing an older programmer use an IDE. This reflects a potential paradigm shift driven by AI coding assistants and agents, suggesting future coding may rely more on natural language interaction and generation rather than traditional line-by-line reading and writing.
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