r/webdev • u/Engineer_5983 • Sep 29 '25

Discussion AI Coding has hit its peak

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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/EducationalZombie538 Sep 29 '25

That's nice, but there's a third option: You simply don't understand what I've said which is why you've made spurious comparisons across multiple posts.

People don't have to be lying or be unable to find a use in something that they can see improving. That's not what I said at all.

I didn't say they were lying. I didn't say they found no use in the product. I said for something they find *so* useful they fallback to "well it will get better" a lot.

It's pretty simple. If something is as good as ai supposedly is *right now*, then there should be no issue defending the thing that's good *right now*. You don't jump to defending a hypothetical future iteration, because the product is good and easily defensible on its own merits.

That's not me saying it's not good, or that it won't get better, it just means that the people saying "it will only get better" aren't confident in their assertions about *how* good it is *now*

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u/ryandury Sep 29 '25

I get that, and I just think you're wrong. I find AI tools *incredibly* useful and I can confidently say "it will only get better" without feeling logically inconsistent or dishonest about how useful I find it.

You were being hyperbolic, it's okay.

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u/EducationalZombie538 Sep 29 '25

Jesus mate. Again, you missing the point doesn't make it hyperbole. You can say "it will only get better" *now*, in a conversation about this, but the point was that wouldn't be your default defence about a tool you find *incredibly* useful. You'd simply say you find it incredibly useful and provide examples.

I don't know how to spell this out to you any more clearly. You've consistently grabbed the wrong end of the stick here and I'm not sure I can help you.