Programming is evolving from writing code to communicating intent in natural language — what Andrej Karpathy calls Software 3.0. The author argues that verbal and written expression of ideas has become as important as coding itself, with LLMs acting as a new abstraction layer above traditional code. The piece draws parallels between system design interviews, team communication, and prompt engineering as evidence that 'words' are now the primary programming interface.
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