AI coding is so easy now that the Ballmer Peak rose by about 6 beers
yacineMTB · x · 2026-09-29
Yacine jokes that because AI has made programming so much easier, the "Ballmer Peak" — the blood-alcohol level at which one still codes well — has risen by roughly six beers. A lighthearted take on how AI lowered the barrier to coding.
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