"One day you wrote a for loop for the last time without even knowing it"
tlakomy · x · 2026-10-29
A short but resonant post making the rounds among developers: "One day you wrote a for loop for the last time without even knowing it."
As coding agents spread, the line captures a quiet turning point — hand-writing routine code may already be fading out without anyone noticing the exact moment.
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