dhh on coding in the AI era: code is no longer the bottleneck, humans are
NERDDISCO · x · 2026-10-31
Amid the "programming is dead" discourse, a widely shared summary of dhh's Lex Fridman episode argues: it's OK to grieve the old way of coding; don't waste energy being angry — spend it making the most of new tools; writing code is no longer the bottleneck, humans and communication are; one person can now build any app they wished existed; and a year off from coding would only take about two weeks to catch up on.
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