By end of 2026, no one will write code manually - it'll be a quaint skill

By end of 2026, no one will write code manually - it'll be a quaint skill | I wrote a ton of code when I was younger. No one will ever do that again after the end of this year. It'll be like riding a horse, you know, be like quaint skills that we all used to have

I wrote a ton of code when I was younger. No one will ever do that again after the end of this year. It'll be like riding a horse, you know, be like quaint skills that we all used to have

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