--- title: Reports of code's death are greatly exaggerated | daily.dev description: A rebuttal to the popular narrative that coding is dying due to AI. The author argues that vibe coding creates an illusion of precision — English-level... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/reports-of-code-s-death-are-greatly-exaggerated-3336mspgf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Reports of code's death are greatly exaggerated | daily.dev og:description: A rebuttal to the popular narrative that coding is dying due to AI. The author argues that vibe coding creates an illusion of precision — English-level... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/reports-of-code-s-death-are-greatly-exaggerated-3336mspgf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/3336MSPgf.png og:image:alt: Reports of code's death are greatly exaggerated og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: 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. # Reports of code's death are greatly exaggerated **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 7 min read · 14 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary A rebuttal to the popular narrative that coding is dying due to AI. The author argues that vibe coding creates an illusion of precision — English-level specifications feel exact until they leak at scale, as illustrated by the complexity of building collaborative text editors. The core argument is that code is not merely a means to produce software; it is itself a valuable artifact representing well-crafted abstractions. Rather than replacing the need for good code, AGI will be used to create better abstractions and master greater complexity. The author draws an analogy to writing: nobody claims AI is killing great novelists, and the same logic applies to coding. AI is a tool to help produce better code, not an excuse to ship more low-quality software. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@confidentcoding** · 2 upvotes > Love this article. I am constantly re-posting Dijkstra's article/quotes, as well as this comic, which was from **_2016_**, no less! It really aged quite well. I also included it in [an article I wrote](https://cheewebdevelopment.com/dont-vibe-code-delegate-responsible-development-with-llms/) about the delusion of coding going away. > > If you program in "natural language", you’re still programming, so you better know what you're doing. **@paulmarc** · 2 upvotes > Totally agree! The hype will subside, like Linus Torvalds said: 90% marketing, 10% reality. > > > Sure hope the price explosion bubble (RAM/NVMe, etc...) will burst soon. --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding), [#vibe-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/vibe-coding) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/reports-of-code-s-death-are-greatly-exaggerated-3336mspgf) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Reports of code's death are greatly exaggerated","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/reports-of-code-s-death-are-greatly-exaggerated-3336mspgf","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/reports-of-code-s-death-are-greatly-exaggerated-3336mspgf"},"datePublished":"2026-03-22T19:27:26.572Z","dateModified":"2026-03-22T19:27:50.927Z","description":"A rebuttal to the popular narrative that coding is dying due to AI. 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I am constantly re-posting Dijkstra’s article/quotes, as well as this comic, which was from 2016, no less! It really aged quite well. I also included it in an article I wrote about the delusion of coding going away.\nIf you program in “natural language”, you’re still programming, so you better know what you’re doing.","datePublished":"2026-03-23T20:41:07.185Z","dateModified":"2026-03-23T20:44:05.769Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/3336MSPgf#c-PmXFUE6CJ","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Lars Faye | Confident Coding","url":"https://daily.dev/confidentcoding","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--OGZu5DEc--/f_auto/v1772569630/avatars/avatar_umWZ9aQAng34qk5aaJl2q?_a=BAMAMiiu0"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Totally agree! The hype will subside, like Linus Torvalds said: 90% marketing, 10% reality.\nSure hope the price explosion bubble (RAM/NVMe, etc…) will burst soon.","datePublished":"2026-04-01T08:03:42.527Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/3336MSPgf#c-B5ohRFYoT","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"paulmarc","url":"https://daily.dev/paulmarc","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--yFutR-QN--/f_auto/v1737446314/avatars/avatar_iHStoImiuFyQFvwEddWek"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2}}]} ```