They Fired 80,000 Developers for AI. Then the AI Needed a Developer.
55% of companies regret their AI-driven layoffs. One in three spent more rehiring than they saved. Klarna is hiring back the people it fired. IBM is tripling entry-level jobs. The Great AI Layoff Boomerang is here, and it's exactly as awkward as it sounds.
Your Company Didn't Replace You With AI. They Replaced You With a PowerPoint About AI.
295,000 tech jobs cut in Q1 2026. Oracle fired 30,000 people via a 6am email. CFOs privately admit AI layoffs will be 9x higher this year. But here's the thing — most of these companies haven't actually deployed the AI that's supposedly replacing you.
We Stopped Hiring Juniors. Now We're Surprised There Are No Seniors.
Junior developer hiring dropped 73% in 2026. Companies replaced training with AI tools and called it progress. But you can't skip the tutorial and expect to beat the final boss. Here's how the industry broke its own talent pipeline.
Programming in 2031: Our Honest (and Slightly Terrified) Predictions
We sat down as a team and predicted what software development looks like in 5 years. Will AI replace programmers? Will COBOL developers become millionaires? Will anyone understand the code? 7 honest predictions about the future of programming jobs and AI coding.
Why Knowing Code Still Beats Vibing It: Programmers vs Vibe Coders in 2026
Vibe coding lets anyone build an app in hours. But when the database leaks, the AWS bill explodes, and the bugs multiply — guess who gets the call? A real programmer. Here's why knowing code is your unfair advantage in the AI age.