About whether professionals who refuse AI tools will fall behind.
Has this happened?
Yes 66 (48%)Not sure 18 (13%)No 54 (39%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Hacker News has set AI a lot of challenges over the years. Which ones has it met?
About whether professionals who refuse AI tools will fall behind.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Wake me up when AI is able to compete with a software engineer with almost two decades in the field.
Hint: most of my consulting rate is not about writing fizzbuzz. Some clients pay me without even having to write a single line of code.