How to code Claude Code in 200 lines of code(mihaileric.com)

780 points by nutellalover 9 months ago | 235 comments

Blog post by Mihail Eric showing how to build a minimal Claude Code–style AI coding agent in about 200 lines of code.

Writing code by hand is over, forever(eliocapella.com)

11 points by aray07 22 days ago | 8 comments

A personal blog post by a developer of 18 years explaining how Claude Code with Opus 4.5 led him to stop writing code by hand entirely.

The Codex app illustrates the shift left of IDEs and coding GUIs(benshoemaker.us)

66 points by straydusk 8 months ago | 145 comments

Writing Code Was Never the Bottleneck(ordep.dev)

626 points by phire 1 year ago | 309 comments

Blog post arguing that writing code was never the bottleneck in software engineering; reviews, knowledge transfer, testing, and coordination are.

The uncertain future of coding careers and why I'm still hopeful(jonmagic.com)

63 points by mooreds 1 year ago | 128 comments

Crafting QR Codes: A deep dive into QR code art (2024)(kylezhe.ng)

117 points by subset 2 months ago | 11 comments

We mourn our craft(nolanlawson.com)

634 points by ColinWright 8 months ago | 737 comments

Nolan Lawson's blog post lamenting how AI coding tools are reducing programmers to code reviewers and mourning the loss of the programming craft.

Artificial intelligence is losing hype(economist.com)

453 points by bx376 2 years ago | 663 comments

An Economist Free exchange column arguing that artificial intelligence is losing hype and asking whether that signals the technology will eventually succeed.

AI Made Writing Code Easier. It Made Being an Engineer Harder(ivanturkovic.com)

343 points by saikatsg 7 months ago | 242 comments

Blog post by Ivan Turkovic arguing that AI tools make producing code easier while making the broader job of being a software engineer harder.

Coding expertise is going to collapse from AI reliance(larsfaye.com)

490 points by larsfaye 2 months ago | 479 comments

Blog essay by Lars Faye arguing that reliance on AI coding tools removes the friction needed to develop long-term programming expertise.

Thoughts on thinking(dcurt.is)

588 points by bradgessler 1 year ago | 367 comments

Dustin Curtis's blog essay reflecting on how AI and LLMs have made his own writing, coding, and creative thinking feel pointless.

AI Makes Me Sad(mondobe.com)

121 points by mondobe 24 days ago | 120 comments

A personal blog essay in which the author describes feeling sadness and hopelessness about new developments in AI, despite being positioned to benefit from it.