I regularly see folks hailing the end of the need to read code.
If I presented you with a bowl of candy and told you 1% had broken glass in them, what % would you check before giving them to your kids?
The need to understand code isn't going anywhere.
https://codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/01/29/writing-code-may-be-dead-not-really-but-reading-code-will-live-on/
Jason Gorman
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