🤖Speaker Retires Coding, Embraces LLMs for 150k Lines in August
LLMs are the new normal for coding, says a former pro
TL;DR
A former professional programmer now calls himself a 'maker' and argues that English is the best programming language due to LLMs. He claims LLMs make hand-coding economically unviable for most and will dominate by year-end.
A former professional programmer has retired from coding, now styling himself a 'maker' and embracing LLMs as the future of software development. He argues that English is the best programming language due to LLMs, and hand-coding is no longer economically productive for most programmers. By December, he predicts virtually everyone will use LLMs to generate code, with 150k lines of code written in August alone, compared to an average of 30k lines per year pre-LLM era. The speaker's company focuses on product and marketing, not solving hard technical problems, and he believes stability in frameworks like Rails is key for agentic development.
Key Points
Speaker claims English is best programming language due to LLMs, citing 150k lines of code written in August.
Ruby made up half of speaker's work over two decades but only 3% this year, showing shift to LLMs.
Speaker's company focuses on product and marketing, not hard technical problems, succeeding with simple, user-friendly products.
Speaker predicts by December, hand-written code will be history for virtually everyone, with LLMs generating comparable code.
Speaker advocates for CLIs for every service, enabling interaction without UIs, and believes stability in frameworks like Rails is key.
Why It Matters
LLMs are changing the game for software development. If you're a developer relying on hand-coding, you need to start exploring LLMs. The speaker's shift from Ruby to LLMs shows the rapid adoption and potential of these tools. Stability in frameworks like Rails is crucial for leveraging LLMs effectively.
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