Veteran coder roasts AI-native devs for calling dated front-end tricks original
ezshine · x · 2026-09-07
A developer who has been coding since the Flash era roasts many "AI Native Coders" for lacking historical perspective: they use AI to recreate dated front-end effects and then claim them as original work.
The rant highlights a cultural tension in the AI coding era — newcomers can ship flashy results fast with AI, but without knowledge of front-end history and design evolution, they mistake well-worn techniques for innovation. Experience and taste, the author implies, remain the un-replicated moat.
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