W12 founder returns to YC: agents now write the code he once wrote by hand
ycombinator · x · 2026-10-19
A W12 batch founder revisits Y Combinator in Mountain View for the first time in years, contrasting the early days — writing every line of code himself, taking weeks to build anything usable — with today, where agents write code while a self-driving car handles the commute. What hasn't changed, he argues, is YC's blunt honesty about how hard building a startup is, and the freedom to struggle without turning it into a progress story.
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