--- title: "Claude Code creator says developers will become builders. Do they agree?" url: https://daily.dev/posts/claude-code-creator-says-developers-will-become-builders-do-they-agree--lplsz6s7n source_url: https://leaddev.com/software-quality/claude-code-creator-says-developers-will-become-builders-do-they-agree type: article source: "LeadDev" published: 2026-05-29T09:38:39.608Z updated: 2026-05-29T09:39:03.414Z tags: ["ai-agents", "ai-coding", "claude-code", "vibe-coding"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 2 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Claude Code creator says developers will become builders. Do they agree? **[LeadDev](https://daily.dev/sources/leaddev)** · 5 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Boris Cherny, creator of Claude Code, claims coding is effectively 'solved' and that developers are evolving into 'builders' who direct AI agents rather than write code. He predicts 100x more people will use AI to produce software, though fewer traditional software engineers will be hired. Reactions from practitioners are mixed: Drew DeVault argues the 'builder' label strips engineering of its discipline and complexity, while Katie Wokasch of name.com takes a middle-ground view — experienced engineers still matter for reviewing output, making architecture decisions, and grounding prototypes in reality. The emerging consensus is that AI shifts the job from syntax to judgment, but engineering as a discipline isn't disappearing, it's evolving. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Writing code is so over](https://daily.dev/posts/writing-code-is-so-over-fcb6elaf8) · InfoWorld · 0 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding), [#claude-code](https://daily.dev/tags/claude-code), [#vibe-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/vibe-coding) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/claude-code-creator-says-developers-will-become-builders-do-they-agree--lplsz6s7n)