"If you can't program, you have zero business making games" — dev sparks AI coding debate
AIandDesign · x · 2026-10-09
Developer Nash Muhandes declared that people who can't program "have zero business making games," drawing mockery from AI-focused accounts like AIandDesign ("NGMI").
The take cuts to the heart of the vibe coding debate: as AI writes more of the code, whether traditional programming skill should remain a gatekeeper for game development is becoming one of the community's most contested questions.
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