I haven’t learned a new programming concept since 2023. Why would I? AI is going to replace us all in 6 months.

Every 6 months. For the last 47 years.

My New Development Workflow

  1. Open ChatGPT
  2. Type: “Write me a production-ready microservice”
  3. Copy-paste
  4. Deploy
  5. When it breaks, ask AI to fix it
  6. Repeat until Friday

This is called AI-Driven Development and I’ve mass-produced a Medium article about it.

The Stack I Use

Frontend: Ask AI
Backend: Ask AI
Database: Ask AI
DevOps: Ask AI
Architecture: Ask AI
Code Review: AI asking AI

My job title is “AI Prompt Engineer” now. I get paid $400k to type “make it better” and “add more comments.”

Learning is Obsolete

Why learn:

  • Data structures? AI knows them.
  • Algorithms? AI has them memorized.
  • System design? AI will design it.
  • Debugging? Just regenerate the code.

The only skill you need is copy-paste velocity. I can Ctrl+C Ctrl+V at 847 WPM.

The Interview Process in 2026

Interviewer: “Can you reverse a binary tree?”

Me: “Sure.” opens ChatGPT

Interviewer: “…without AI.”

Me: “That’s discrimination against my tools.”

Real Production Code

Here’s code I shipped last week:

# AI-generated, AI-reviewed, AI-approved
def process_data(data):
    # TODO: AI said this might have bugs
    try:
        return do_something(data)
    except:
        return process_data(data)  # AI suggested retrying

The infinite recursion is a feature. It shows persistence.

Why I Stopped Learning

2019: “Learn Kubernetes, it’s the future” 2020: “Learn serverless, Kubernetes is dead” 2021: “Learn edge computing, serverless is dead” 2022: “Learn Web3, everything else is dead” 2023: “Web3 is dead, learn AI” 2024: “AI will learn for you” 2025: “Just vibe” 2026: Current state

I’m ahead of the curve by not being on any curve.

The Truth About AI Replacing Programmers

AI will replace programmers who:

  • Write boilerplate code ✓ (me)
  • Don’t understand fundamentals ✓ (me)
  • Copy-paste from Stack Overflow ✓ (now I copy from ChatGPT, innovation)
  • Don’t write tests ✓ (me)

Wait.

My Backup Plan

When AI takes my job, I’ll become:

  1. AI Prompt Consultant
  2. AI Ethics Board Member (I have none, that’s diverse)
  3. LinkedIn Influencer
  4. Cryptocurrency

Conclusion

Stop learning. Start prompting. The robots are coming and they don’t care about your Big O notation.

Embrace the void. The void has autocomplete.

XKCD 1425 showed that five years ago, “identifying birds in photos” was nearly impossible. Now AI does it in milliseconds. In five more years, AI will write better code than me. But that bar is underground.

XKCD 2169 on predictive models: “We trained it on all human knowledge and now it confidently outputs nonsense.” Same as me after coffee.

As Dilbert predicted: “In the future, all jobs will be done by robots. Except for the job of blaming the robots when things go wrong.” I’m training for that role.

The author asked AI to write this article. AI refused, citing “professional standards.” So the author wrote it themselves, proving AI still needs us.