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The West Forgot How to Make Things. Now It's Forgetting How to Code
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this post was submitted on 26 Apr 2026
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What does “forgotten how to code” mean, practically?
There are plenty of people who refuse to use AI - just call them? This story time doesn’t make any sense to me
If you actually read the article, you'd know.
It's not one person forgetting. It's institutional knowledge disappearing. Entry level coding positions disappearing means in 10-15 years, you're looking at a shortage of senior devs, because a lot fewer people were building up their skills during that time due to the lack of jobs allowing for it