Why It Still Matters to Learn to Code in the Age of AI

"Why learn to code now that AI can write code for you?"

This makes a lot of sense, especially with modern LLMs, such as Claude Opus 4.7 (brand new as I write this) with incredible ability to code, document, and understand problems.

Learning to code was never mainly about memorizing syntax, learning a single language, or mastering a framework. It is about abstraction - learning how to think in systems, break problems into parts, test assumptions, and turn messy constraints into something that works. AI can help with all of that, but it does not replace the need for it. Just today I was working through a problem, making use of an LLM while coding, and I asked if it thought my solution has any weaknesses, it said no then immediately pushed to Git . I was so mad. I mean, sure, I thought it looked good but I wasn't done yet - but it decided I was, without asking me, to just finish up there and then. This type of interaction is not new - where LLMs want to help so much that they overstep.

https://www.kenreid.co.uk/blog/why-learn-to-code-age-of-ai.html