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Why 95% of Programmers Will Be Obsolete by 2030
Last week, I watched a senior developer with 15 years of experience spend an entire week architecting a complex authentication system with role-based permissions, custom middleware, and comprehensive test coverage.
On Friday, out of curiosity, I asked an AI to build the same system. It delivered functionally identical code in 15 minutes.
The AI’s solution wasn’t just faster — it was better structured, better documented, and contained fewer potential security vulnerabilities.
This isn’t an isolated incident.
This is the new reality of software development, and it’s time we had an honest conversation about what it means for our profession.
The uncomfortable truth that no one in tech leadership wants to acknowledge is this: the software development profession as we know it is facing extinction, not evolution, and most developers are in denial about their impending obsolescence.
The Uncomfortable Truth About “Vibe Coding”
“Vibe coding” — the emerging approach where developers use natural, conversational language to instruct AI tools to write, debug, and optimize code — isn’t just another tool in our belt. It represents a fundamental paradigm shift that is already making traditional…
