Are developers mourning the craft of coding in the AI era?

GitHub shares a short clip from the GitHub Podcast discussing the blog post “We mourn our craft” and the broader question of whether AI coding tools are changing how developers value traditional, hand-written coding.

Overview

• The discussion centers on the feeling that some developers are mourning the craft of manually writing software as AI tools evolve.
• The clip contrasts viral social media takes (often framed as extreme viewpoints) with the reality that many engineering teams still rely heavily on hand-written code.
• The segment frames the topic as a developer-culture question: whether traditional coding skills are truly losing their value, or whether they remain essential even as AI-assisted workflows become more common.

Links

• GitHub Blog: https://github.blog