Dev: local coding dropped from 100% to 5% in a year as cloud agents take over
bytebot · x · 2026-10-28
Developer dabit3 shares a striking workflow shift: a year ago 100% of his coding was done locally against his machine's filesystem; now only 5% is local — his computer is just a conduit for uploading and downloading files to cloud agents. Most days an iPad and iPhone are all he needs, and he claims he's getting 50x more work done than a year ago.
Quote-tweeter bytebot notes the cycle: "The network is the computer" — Sun Microsystems was ahead of its time, and it's returning in the form of cloud coding agents.
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