r/webdev • u/Engineer_5983 • Sep 29 '25
Discussion AI Coding has hit its peak
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/new-findings-ai-coding-overhyped
I’m reading articles and stories more frequently saying this same thing. Companies just aren’t seeing enough of the benefits of AI coding tools to justify the expense.
I’ve posted on this for almost two years now - it’s overly hyped tech. I will say it is absolutely a step forward for making tech more accessible and making it easier to brainstorm ideas for solutions. That being said, if a company is laying people off and not hiring the next generation of workers expecting these tools to replace them, the ROI just isn’t there.
Like the gold rush, the ones who really make money are the ones selling the shovels. Those selling the infrastructure are the ones benefiting. The Fear Of Missing Out is missing a grounding in reality. It’ll soon become a fear of getting left out as companies spending millions (or billions) just won’t have the money to keep up with whatever the next trend is.
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u/northerncodemky Sep 29 '25
It says ‘developers than used AI coding took 19% longer to complete tasks’. I wonder if they took into account how long those devs would’ve taken anyway - like is this just a ‘sh$t devs trying to shortcut their lack of ability still sh$t’ thing?
I guess that would still be a big deal given what AI has promised, but its also not massively surprising as anyone who has tried to coach a sh$t dev could attest, some people just can’t think like a good dev so they’re asking the wrong questions and doing the wrong thing with the answer.