IBM Bob becomes AI Twitter's favorite joke about falling behind the coding assistant race
TejasKumar_ · x · 2026-10-14
Developer mehulmpt joked that if you feel behind on AI updates, remember someone is coding with IBM Bob today — IBM's retro-styled coding assistant page with a hard-hat mascot and a customer quote about "100% refactored code." The post struck a chord as a comforting meme about the relentless AI tooling race.
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