Will AI end manual coding?
Aditya Agarwal, former Dropbox CTO, thinks AI is about to change coding forever.
After a weekend using Anthropic's Claude, he tweeted that we will never ever write code by hand again. It doesn't make any sense to do so.
He felt both amazed and a bit sad seeing years of coding expertise replaced in just hours.
Shifting focus in hiring
Agarwal shared that after a weekend using Claude, he realized AI outperformed manual coding—unlocking projects that used to be too expensive or complex.
At his startup community South Park Commons, hiring now focuses more on adaptability and curiosity than fancy degrees or traditional resumes.
He says what makes a good developer is changing fast.
Preparing for the future
Instead of worrying about losing jobs to AI, some industry figures have warned engineers to prepare for maintaining sprawling AI-generated legacy code.
Anthropic's plug-ins can automate tasks across legal, sales/marketing and data analysis.
As Ampersand CEO Ayan Barua put it, "By 2031, the machines will write most of the scaffolding, but humans will still design the skyscraper."