We’re witnessing the final generation of people who translate ideas into code by hand.XXXXI quit my job at Amazon in May to join a startup called Icon. 

… I felt like I was reaching the ceiling of what I could learn about AI and building good products within Amazon’s constraints. That’s why I joined Icon. At Icon, we move at a completely different speed. We ship features in days that would have taken Amazon months to approve.

… The interesting part is watching how my teammates work. One of them hasn’t looked at actual code in weeks. Instead, he writes design documents in plain English and trusts AI to handle the implementation. When something needs fixing, he edits the document, not the code.

It made me realize something profound: we’re living through the end of an era where humans translate ideas into code by hand. Within a few years, that skill will be as relevant as knowing how to shoe a horse. — Read More