Ruff creator: 'no one writes code anymore' isn't the point — does anyone read it?
charliermarsh · x · 2026-10-02
charliermarsh, creator of Ruff and uv, argues that "no one on my teams writes code anymore" is no longer a useful differentiator in the AI era. The real question, he says, is whether anyone on your team still reads code — highlighting code review and comprehension as the new bottleneck.
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