I think I was one of the first ones where Cursor autocomplete really hit last year in March. I was the only one working with AI at full speed. I delivered at least four projects in six weeks using AI. Some of them I was brave enough to open source and write about as well. I gave six presentations as well.

I learned a lot more about the nuances of why AI is good, where it should be used more, and where it should not be. The stance of Recurse Center now around AI is very clear and one of the most informative ones. AI is great but I do think the fundamentals of programming will be needed to be an effective programmer in the future. At a base level I understand programming to mean giving instructions clearly. This applies to other areas of my life as well and I often see non-programmers sometimes struggling with it. One element of coding, i.e. giving precise instructions, will always remain and that's so joyful because you can build all sorts of insane things with _just_ instructions and it's always beautiful and amazing.