antirez to AI-Coding Critics: Just Admit You're Scared About Paying Your Bills
antirez · x · 2026-09-28
After his post on programmers tolerating bad tooling for 20 years drew a wave of "slop!" replies, antirez doubled down: stop chanting slogans and tell the truth — you're rightfully scared about paying invoices and supporting your family, which is a correct and respectable concern, but say it as it is. The follow-up extends his argument that the anti-AI-coding backlash stems from livelihood anxiety rather than technical principle.
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