"Second-rate programmers" struggle with AI while A-listers like Torvalds and DHH embrace it
esrtweet · x · 2026-10-23
An industry debate: the quoted post argues AI may have made hand-writing code nearly meaningless, but decades of coding built the problem-decomposition skills that matter most for orchestrating long-horizon AI tasks — the more experience, the better positioned you are.
The retweeter agrees bluntly: "It's the second-rate programmers having trouble adapting to AI and screaming about it. The A-list guys are delighted," pointing to Linus Torvalds, DHH, and Uncle Bob as evidence that senior engineers are getting far more done now.
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