← All stories
AI & Tech

Top Developers Haven't Written Code Since December Due to AI

Triggernometry · People Have No Idea What Is About To Happen - Dwarkesh Patel · May 30, 2026
Top Developers Haven't Written Code Since December Due to AI
Triggernometry
Triggernometry
People Have No Idea What Is About To Happen - Dwarkesh Patel
"Some of the top developers in the world, some of the top researchers in the world, they're not writing code. They haven't touched a line of code since December. They're not looking at a text editor where you would see lines of code. They're talking to the AI."
Patel disclosed that elite software developers and researchers have completely stopped manually coding, instead directing AI systems to build entire codebases and features through conversation alone. This represents a fundamental shift in how cutting-edge software engineering works, with top talent becoming 3x to 5x more productive by delegating all code generation to AI models.
From this episode
Triggernometry
Triggernometry

People Have No Idea What Is About To Happen - Dwarkesh Patel

August 3, 2026 · 5 Egleze moments
Read episode summary and key points →

More moments from this episode

AI & TechMass Surveillance Will Cost Less Than White House Remodel by 2030AI & TechAnthropic Threatened as Supply Chain Risk Over Mass Surveillance RefusalAI & TechTwo-Thirds of GDP Going to Wages Will End With AI CapitalAI & TechSuperintelligent Taliban Inevitable Unless Global Government Controls AI Development
More stories More from Triggernometry