AI could be the end of the digital wave, not the next big thing

Re:AI could be the end of the digital wave, not the next big... by juvoly on Monday April 13, 2026 @10:03AM (#47752147)

Experience isn't the problem. I have 20+ years of C++ development, built commercial software in Java, Rust, Python, played with assembly, Erlang, Prolog, Basic.

Played with these coding agents for the last couple weeks and instantly noticed the brainrot when I was staring at an empty vim screen trying to type a skeleton helloworld in C.

Luckily the right idioms came back after couple of hours, but the experience gave me a big scare.

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Re:AI could be the end of the digital wave, not the next big... by embedding-shape on Monday April 13, 2026 @12:51PM (#47754797)

> Played with these coding agents for the last couple weeks and instantly noticed the brainrot

Very interesting, wonder what makes our experiences so different? For you "playing for a couple of weeks" have a stronger effect than for me after using them almost exclusively for more than a year, and I don't think I'm an especially great programmer or anything, typical for my experience I think.

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