Dad Can't Bring Himself to Tell His Coding-Obsessed Son 'It's Over'
CtrlAltDwayne · x · 2026-10-01
A father tweets that his son has taken a genuine interest in coding, but he "hasn't had the heart to tell him it's over yet" — a self-deprecating joke about AI coding agents making human programming careers obsolete that resonated widely in AI circles.
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