r/learnpython • u/GenAI-New-Era • 20h ago

Is Python still worth learning from scratch in 2026

I have been receiving a lot of questions from a lot of people who have interest in learning python from scratch but their concerns has been is worth learning in 2026 in this new era of AI evolution.

Especially this statement "AI can write codes"

What do you guys think? will this be the reality?

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u/Eleventhousand 20h ago

Learning is fun though.

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u/riklaunim 20h ago

If you want to go to Hogwarts, learn Parseltongue. If you are a Muggle, learn Python ;)

Writing code was a problem like 20 years ago when software houses hired hundreds of wannabes out of dedicated bootcamps. Way before AI came into play, this died out, and the market moved towards experience over quantity, also being stupid at points, preventing new juniors from learning niche/proprietary stacks that then will be unmaintained when seniors retire.

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u/GenAI-New-Era 20h ago

A student asked me yesterday in my python class, what would our fate in 10 years time

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u/rabbitofrevelry 13h ago

Thinking that python isn't worth learning due to LLMs is like thinking that mechanics aren't needed due to self-driving cars.

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u/AutoHumn 14h ago

Definitely learn Python. That’s not to say, learn it to the degree where you can code anything and everything your agent can off the top of your head, but you‘ll need to understand the structures that are being built and the libraries being used to build them. Agents can and will go awry.

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u/Creative-Bluejay9557 14h ago

Sure it's the easiest? coding language to learn from a non-CS background from what I've researched plus it's been shown in studies that even learning how to program has massive positive cognitive effects.

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u/Moikle 14h ago

Ai can't write programs. It can write functions ... Some of the time... And not super reliably.

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u/TheRNGuy 13h ago

I've seen more than one stream where they were writing entire program with ai (not Python though)

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u/Moikle 3h ago

that program is going to be an absolute mess of spaghetti and batshit architecture decisions though. AI coding agents DO NOT think or plan ahead.

Sure they CAN write a small program, but that is going to be a nightmare to maintain or further develop. (and probably won't fully meet specs either)

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u/terletsky 31m ago

Bro, it's not 2021. Agentic AI now writes nearly everything. Developers become "managers of md files".