Computer Programming Is Dead; Long Live AI-First Programming
summary
Argues programming as taught is obsolete and proposes an AI-first loop: try, learn, grow where learners prompt LLMs, inspect generated code, and extend real apps; cites falling CS placement rates (e.g., master's placement drop from 91% to 71%), job postings for generative AI up ~7x, and a 260% salary premium for multi-skill listings. Demonstrates local tooling (Proxmox, ZFS, RTX GPUs), cloud APIs (OpenAI, Claude), and a custom VS Code extension that returns deterministic book-backed code.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00AI-first programming intro
- 1:05LLMs as teachers struggle
- 4:40Hallucinations in AI
- 10:52AI limits teaching coding
- 16:56AI prefers coding over teaching
- 21:10Textbooks for reliable learning
- 25:04AI memory limits
- 27:14Gen AI job demand
- 29:01AI-first teaching cycle
- 30:47AI-first extensions
- 31:29Closing
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