Goalposts

Hacker News has set AI a lot of challenges over the years. Which ones has it met?

2018 Decemberheyjudy

About whether AI could do developers' and designers' whole job end to end.

When AI can code, design, publish to automated infrastructure and get feedback from users, the demand (and salaries) for developers and designers can/may drop precipitously.

AI can code, design, publish to automated infrastructure and get feedback from users on its own.

Has this happened?

Yes 73 (62%)Not sure 20 (17%)No 25 (21%)

Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.