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AI can help you to get better results for projects but it can't replace programing professionals.
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Programming as a profession is dead because of AI
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loading24
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- Dec 12, 2025
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As a programmer, I agree that AI replaced most of easy to intermediate coding. Anyone can build a simple Saas and launch it. But for more complexe stuff. You can't even count on all the AI models combined!
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AI can't replace anything just keep your self up to date
AuroraEden
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Programming isn’t dead—AI is a productivity multiplier, not a replacement. Demand is shifting toward developers who can design systems, reason about problems, and effectively use AI, not away from programming itself.
protocols
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Keeps myself up2date by using AI, which is slowly getting rid of me. An endless loop
CyberShaman
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- May 26, 2022
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This. It can really increase productivity. I don’t know about the future but I would be surprised if all professionals would be replaced
zipdrive984
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It's as dead as the user seeking a job...
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I don't know about the future , but right now it is not dead at all .
There are lots of complicated stacks that needs software engineers .
ItsAllTheWayUp
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I'm a software developer. In my experience, agentic programming struggle with two things: 1) Insufficient training data for a programming language or framework. 2) High application complexity. For example, I tried to optimizing CUDA kernels using an agent. It was very difficult for the agent, because the agent needs to understand the problem in deep detail. So complex application is the other problem.
midnight_rambler
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devs who just write boilerplate are in trouble, that part's true. but people who understand systems, architecture, and can direct AI to build the right thing are more valuable not less. the job changed, it didn't die.
Thank you very much everyone who responded to the thread and took time to show me right direction when I needed.
In the meantime I also used AI in my setup and learned that it has only made boiler plate and repetitive code faster.
Even if a technical user just keep giving prompts to AI for writing code without keeping a check on it, after 5-6 prompts the AI will mess up the code and you will find the code you never intended to write (bad design, code smells or wrong direction).
I can now imagine how it will go for non technical users who don't even know what it's writing.
In the meantime I also used AI in my setup and learned that it has only made boiler plate and repetitive code faster.
Even if a technical user just keep giving prompts to AI for writing code without keeping a check on it, after 5-6 prompts the AI will mess up the code and you will find the code you never intended to write (bad design, code smells or wrong direction).
I can now imagine how it will go for non technical users who don't even know what it's writing.
Finaltouch
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- May 13, 2016
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I'm yet to be convince about this whole noise around Ai. So, i'm looking at it with one eyes.
Howver, there are still employers who still prefer human programmers to Ai
JustAnotherSmm
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You still need professional coders to double check the AI's work, so no, not really.
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Old ways/approach is dead.
Keeps evolving
But it's a hustle. Either adapt or get left behind.
With AI more grounds can be covered
Earlier i had to give my dev a brief and then he took his time to do the wireframe and fine-tuning outputs was a nightmare for both him and me.
Now I build the wireframe, build and test the outputs locally. I vibe code.
I use him to fix the bugs and deploy. I am able to test more projects and multiple ideas that would have costed me a fortune earlier to test.
So basically yes AI cannot give you the final output. You need a human being
When automobiles came in, did the horse-carriage owners lose business? Yes. But did it evolve and cover more distance post-automobiles? Yes, and that had an indirect positive impact on the economy.
Keeps evolving
But it's a hustle. Either adapt or get left behind.
With AI more grounds can be covered
Earlier i had to give my dev a brief and then he took his time to do the wireframe and fine-tuning outputs was a nightmare for both him and me.
Now I build the wireframe, build and test the outputs locally. I vibe code.
I use him to fix the bugs and deploy. I am able to test more projects and multiple ideas that would have costed me a fortune earlier to test.
So basically yes AI cannot give you the final output. You need a human being
When automobiles came in, did the horse-carriage owners lose business? Yes. But did it evolve and cover more distance post-automobiles? Yes, and that had an indirect positive impact on the economy.
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No, software installers aren't dead, but the job of software installers is rapidly changing because of AI.the reason you see so many videos and blog posts saying "programming is dead" is that such headlines grab attention. In reality, the vast majority of tech companies still hire software engineers, and the need to build, run, and maintain software remains very high
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My confession!
I dont do coding. I asked clude code to build me some research apps for Etsy.com
it took 32 prompts which included debugging also. Claude inserted debug code and asked me to copy paste the results so that it can re-code the right command set
at the end i had my chrome extension which did exactly what i wanted it to do.
Now i dont have to do manual research. this tool extracts the data i need!
I am so delighted that Claude code exists!
If programming is not dead. but i would say lot of people will get thier apps done themselves just like me.
A lot of work is getting off market for the programmers. i would say
Upwork, freelancer, fiverr... surely will have reduced orders in upcoming months!!
I dont do coding. I asked clude code to build me some research apps for Etsy.com
it took 32 prompts which included debugging also. Claude inserted debug code and asked me to copy paste the results so that it can re-code the right command set
at the end i had my chrome extension which did exactly what i wanted it to do.
Now i dont have to do manual research. this tool extracts the data i need!
I am so delighted that Claude code exists!
If programming is not dead. but i would say lot of people will get thier apps done themselves just like me.
A lot of work is getting off market for the programmers. i would say
Upwork, freelancer, fiverr... surely will have reduced orders in upcoming months!!
Fluxify
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@RogueLeads makes a solid point about the freelance market taking a hit. I used to pay guys on Upwork fifty bucks for simple python scrapers or basic lander integrations, now i just run it through Claude and get it done in ten minutes.
But like @MootSam said, the moment you need to scale things or bypass serious bot detection, the AI just falls apart and loops the same garbage. Had this happen last month trying to build a multi-threaded scraper... spent hours trying to get the LLM to handle proxy rotation and fingerprinting properly before I gave up and paid a real dev to clean up the mess.
The low-tier script kiddie market is definitely dying because anyone can vibe code basic tools now, but actual software engineering isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
But like @MootSam said, the moment you need to scale things or bypass serious bot detection, the AI just falls apart and loops the same garbage. Had this happen last month trying to build a multi-threaded scraper... spent hours trying to get the LLM to handle proxy rotation and fingerprinting properly before I gave up and paid a real dev to clean up the mess.
The low-tier script kiddie market is definitely dying because anyone can vibe code basic tools now, but actual software engineering isn't going anywhere anytime soon.