simonwillison.netarticleMy obituary for programming
Simon Willison's 19 October 2026 link post points to Jeremy Scheff's essay "My obituary for programming". Scheff argues coding agents remove what career programmers enjoyed: paid work on tricky logic puzzles where they set strategy and timelines. Willison notes that LLMs suit programmers who care about building working systems, while those who loved solving the problems face a real loss. The post is a short quote with no data.
TL;DR Willison quotes Jeremy Scheff on how coding agents erode the puzzle-solving joy of programming as a career.
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- Jeremy Scheff
- Simon Willison
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