> I think there is a section of programmer who actually do like the actual typing of letters, numbers and special characters into a computer, and for them, I understand LLMs remove the fun part.

I've "vibe coded" a ton of stuff and so I'm pretty bullish on LLMs, but I don't see a world where "coding by hand" isn't still required for at least some subset of software. I don't know what that subset will be, but I'm convinced it will exist, and so there will be ample opportunities for programmers who like that sort of thing.

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Why am I convinced hand-coding won't go away? Well, technically I lied, I have no idea what the future holds. However, it seems to me that an AI which could code literally anything under the sun would almost by definition be that mythical AGI. It would need to have an almost perfect understanding of human language and the larger world.

An AI like that wouldn't just be great at coding, it would be great at everything! It would be the end of the economy, and scarcity. In which case, you could still program by hand all you wanted because you wouldn't need to work for a living, so do whatever brings you joy.

So even without making predictions about what the limitations of AI will ultimately be, it seems to me you'll be able to keep programming by hand regardless.