Developers Arguing Over Coding Skills Is Like Taxi Drivers Vs. Waymo, Says Dev
CtrlAltDwayne · x · 2026-09-15
The author compares developers debating who codes better in 2026 to taxi drivers arguing about knowing the area while a Waymo drives past — the skill gap between human coders is becoming irrelevant.
The only remaining downside, he argues, is cost. Despite claims of "intelligence too cheap to meter," his bet is on open source models as the direction that matters now.
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