For me personally, I've gone from writing 100% in 2022 to 90% in 2023 to 60% in 2024.
In the last 3-4 months, I probably write less than 5% of the code I ship.
Something happened in the last 3-4 months. I guess it's a combination of models reaching an inflection point for agentic coding, cheaper tokens, and easier to access tools. The change for me was gradual at first then very sudden.
My job isn’t as a programmer though. I used to write scripts “by hand” to automate processes and do other things to help me in my job. I liked the outcome not the act of coding. I’m a self-taught coder and it was sometimes slow going.
So it’s a no-brainer to me to hand it all over to AI.
Instead of being limited by my technical ability, I’m limited by how well I understand and can explain our business.
In the last 3-4 months, I probably write less than 5% of the code I ship.
Something happened in the last 3-4 months. I guess it's a combination of models reaching an inflection point for agentic coding, cheaper tokens, and easier to access tools. The change for me was gradual at first then very sudden.
I mainly write Typescript, Go, and SQL.
My job isn’t as a programmer though. I used to write scripts “by hand” to automate processes and do other things to help me in my job. I liked the outcome not the act of coding. I’m a self-taught coder and it was sometimes slow going.
So it’s a no-brainer to me to hand it all over to AI.
Instead of being limited by my technical ability, I’m limited by how well I understand and can explain our business.
I'm using Claude mainly, Gemini as Backup