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xnx 9 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: What are your predictions for 2026?

Programming may become like typing where people do it for themselves instead of having a secretary.

kjellsbells 9 months ago [–]

I think the set of values of X in the prediction that "X is the year of the citizen coder" has a lot more members than you think.

fortran in 1955, cobol in 1965, visual basic in 1993, delphi in 1995, visualage in 1998(?), Power Automate in 2022, vibe coding in 2025...

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