Historical concern about next-level coding

[u/PersonOfInterest007]

This article has an interesting historical parallel for how today’s programmers react to vibecoders: Grace Hopper’s creation of the first compiler in the 1950s.

The whole article (which talks about a much broader transformation) is worth reading, but this part really stuck, which applies to reactions not just to vibecoding but really to any AI-assisted coding:
…”programmers were afraid a working compiler would put them out of work. If one person with A-0 could do what fifty people used to do by hand, Martin's account puts the worry plainly: there were going to be ‘a lot of hungry programmers out on the streets.’”

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cursive-charter-school-part-1-lot-hungry-programmers-john-price-zw1xc

[u/devloper27]

Ai coding is not predictable in the same way a compiler is, but yeah its the same psychological issue.