LLMs are writing <1% of my code. I find it demoralizing to hear Google VPs endlessly boosting the end of programming as a job when the products fall so very far short of the extraordinary claims. It’s frankly insulting, and it must be terrifying for junior engineers.

I expect a massive bubble burst and recession in the next year or so, but honestly I cannot wait. I fear it will be quite a while before hiring picks up again, unfortunately.

I keep thinking of a friend in finance in pre-crash 2008 who could see the emperor had no clothes but was derided by his enthusiastic coworkers every time he opened his mouth.