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A software engineer using the handle v0xium described in a viral X post working 12-13 hour days at an unnamed large company where nearly all coding is done via Anthropic's Claude Code tool. The engineer said staff across seniority levels mostly approve AI-generated code rather than write or debug it themselves, calling the process "soul-sucking" and noting that no one seems to understand the resulting software.
A survey by academic mentoring platform Nova Learning found that the share of middle and high school students naming Computer Science and AI as their top academic interest dropped from 42.3% in 2025 to 27.9% in 2026, while Engineering's share nearly doubled, rising from 11.9% to 23%, led largely by Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Separately, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center reported an 8.1% drop in undergraduate Computer and Information Science enrollment at four-year institutions, to about 606,000 students, even as Engineering enrollment grew.
A software engineering commentator argues that teams increasingly skipping code writing and code review in favor of AI-generated 'vibe coding' are storing up long-term trouble. The piece contends that the harm from poor architecture and unreadable code isn't visible immediately, but surfaces months or years later as systems become fragile and hard to change.