Everywhere you look, devs are saying the same thing… AI is taking our jobs. We’re cooked. It’s over.
And yeah, I get it. When you see models generating full apps, writing functions in seconds, debugging stuff faster than you can think… it feels crazy. Like what’s even left for us to do?
But at the same time, I’m not gonna lie… every time a new coding tool drops, I’m lowkey excited.
I’m not sitting there scared. I’m like, damn… I can’t wait to try this thing.
Because if we’re being honest, nobody actually enjoys sitting there typing code all day. Not like that. Yeah, back in the day it felt cool. Writing everything from scratch, grinding through bugs, figuring things out line by line. There was pride in it. Still is, to some extent.
But let’s not pretend the grind itself was the goal.
The goal has always been building things.
And if tools show up that help you build faster, test faster, ship faster… why wouldn’t you use them?
So this whole “we’re cooked” narrative feels a bit off to me. Maybe things are changing, sure. But that doesn’t automatically mean devs are obsolete.
It’s like photography.
Not everyone with a camera is a good photographer.
Just because the tool exists doesn’t mean the output is meaningful. There’s still taste, judgment, experience. Knowing what to build, how to structure it, how to fix things when they break, how to make something actually useful.
That part doesn’t just disappear.
And I still don’t buy this idea that a tech CEO and like two devs are gonna run everything. That sounds cool on paper, but real systems are messy. Real products evolve. Real users do unexpected things.
You still need people who understand what’s going on under the hood.
People who can step in when the generated code isn’t enough. People who know how to connect systems, debug weird issues, make decisions that aren’t obvious.
You still need developers.
Maybe the role is shifting. Maybe less typing, more thinking. Less boilerplate, more architecture. Less repetition, more direction.
But that doesn’t sound like being cooked.
That sounds like leveling up.
At the end of the day, tools don’t replace skill. They amplify it.
So yeah… maybe everything is changing.
But I’m not worried.
If anything, I’m just getting started.