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This would hit harder if Bitcoin didn't win and AI coding didn't completely change our jobs. Why not simply evaluate things instead of ignoring them until its

This would hit harder if Bitcoin didn't win and AI coding didn't completely change our jobs. Why not simply evaluate things instead of ignoring them until its too late? Sure, we don't have infinity time, but the fact that OP mentions these two things, means the pattern showed up enough.

eugenekolo 7mo ago
I'm not sure Bitcoin won.. it just continues being a ponzi scheme that you can make money in. You can also accept that certain things and be happy in life either way. Don't need to chase get rich schemes. Some are more privileged than others in being able to do this.
mehagar 7mo ago
You make it seem like AI coding has already "totally changed" our jobs. This is exactly the FOMO the article talks about ("until its too late"). It hasn't. I'm still using the same workflows without AI tools, and so are most of my teammates.
- butILoveLife 7mo ago
  To be fair, I would have talked like you in January 2026. But things have changed since Feb.
techblueberry 7mo ago
What is too late? If you want to use cryptocurrency as a medium of exchange, go ahead, it’s right there! There’s this irony to the FOMO in crypto, which is people argue the “sensible” thing (it’s the future of money) to create FOMO for the insensible thing (it’s a lottery ticket). You’re right it’s too late to buy a lottery ticket, but the vision wasn’t a lottery, it was a medium of exchange! AI assisted coding is the same way. I use it every day, but if I decided to stop and wait a year, I could still pick it up, probably more easily when the tools are better. In fact, people who wait might do better than me because their mental model won’t be locked into a way of interacting that will be out of date in six months. Wouldn’t it be ironic if all the early adopters were the losers because they liked the hacky nature of it? This happened to a lot of early computer adopters, low level programmers, etc.
- butILoveLife 7mo ago
  I never said Crypto. I said bitcoin. And with AI... I am genuinely afraid my job will be automated. I'm trying to become a manager before we are relegated to minimum wage workers.
  - techblueberry 7mo ago
    It sounds like you're just trying to delay the inevitable then. Manager's may be automated before Software Engineers! Or at the very least otherwise be made redundant. https://fortune.com/2025/03/04/amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-middle-managers-rto-gen-z/ https://fortune.com/2025/03/04/amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-middle-...
  - techblueberry 7mo ago
    But what are you too late for bitcoin for? Go buy some!
- vaylian 7mo ago
  > Wouldn’t it be ironic if all the early adopters were the losers because they liked the hacky nature of it? This happened to a lot of early computer adopters, low level programmers, etc. Relevant XKCD: 598
lpcvoid 7mo ago
Bitcoin won? I don't think it did. Main use is still scams, circumventing sanctions, and grifting. My SEPA instant money transfer does everything bitcoin promised without the trash, and bad people surrounding bitcoin.
randomsolutions 7mo ago
He is rejecting the framing of get in now before it's "too late". If it is so useful then we will be able to pick it up when it is more polished rather than learning to use some half polished turd that will be obsolete in 6 months.
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monegator 7mo ago
daily reminder your have yet to start paying for using LLMs, the current paid tiers are just to lure you in. It also has changed nothing in the way i do stuff. Checked it out, not for me, thanks but no thanks (Sick and tired of hearing how you made an ui in a couple of hours by directing the code when it still takes me the same couple of hours of coding.)
- timacles 7mo ago
  But they didn’t have to think as hard, so they win Oh wait…
fdghrtbrt 7mo ago
"if bitcoin didn't win?" It didn't win. It's still useless.
- hparadiz 7mo ago
  must be nice to always live under stable currencies.
  - fdghrtbrt 7mo ago
    Where do you live?
    - hparadiz 7mo ago
      At one point I lived in the Soviet Union but that's not really relevant to my point.
      - fdghrtbrt 7mo ago
        I don't understand your point. You said it would be nice to live..... what does that have to do with bitcoin? What's your point? Make a point.
        hparadiz 7mo ago
        My point is your opinion is sheltered and lacks life experience.
        fdghrtbrt 7mo ago
        Your opinion on my opinion is not really relevant to bitcoin.
        permalac 7mo ago
        I understand your point. And I agree on people without life changing fluctuations in currency will hardly understand that side of bitcoin value.
master-lincoln 7mo ago
What did bitcoin win? Seems to me like it's mainly used as speculative asset instead of using it to pay goods and services.
cryptonym 7mo ago
Crypto didn't "win", the technology is there but people are mostly gambling, or doing shady stuff. Shall I mention NFTs? It didn't change the life of the average joe, nor business. It's a niche. Many people are still coding without AI and doing perfectly fine. When you design serious things, coding is not where most time is spent anyway. Maybe it'll become unavoidable at some point, by that time the experience will be refined and it'll be easier to learn. Point is, it's never too late. If you don't need to be cutting edge on a new tech, it may not make sense to put the extra effort of early birds. If you put that effort, you better not do it for free.

eugenekolo 7mo ago

I'm not sure Bitcoin won.. it just continues being a ponzi scheme that you can make money in. You can also accept that certain things and be happy in life either way. Don't need to chase get rich schemes. Some are more privileged than others in being able to do this.

mehagar 7mo ago

You make it seem like AI coding has already "totally changed" our jobs. This is exactly the FOMO the article talks about ("until its too late"). It hasn't. I'm still using the same workflows without AI tools, and so are most of my teammates.

butILoveLife 7mo ago
To be fair, I would have talked like you in January 2026. But things have changed since Feb.

techblueberry 7mo ago

What is too late? If you want to use cryptocurrency as a medium of exchange, go ahead, it’s right there! There’s this irony to the FOMO in crypto, which is people argue the “sensible” thing (it’s the future of money) to create FOMO for the insensible thing (it’s a lottery ticket). You’re right it’s too late to buy a lottery ticket, but the vision wasn’t a lottery, it was a medium of exchange! AI assisted coding is the same way. I use it every day, but if I decided to stop and wait a year, I could still pick it up, probably more easily when the tools are better. In fact, people who wait might do better than me because their mental model won’t be locked into a way of interacting that will be out of date in six months. Wouldn’t it be ironic if all the early adopters were the losers because they liked the hacky nature of it? This happened to a lot of early computer adopters, low level programmers, etc.

butILoveLife 7mo ago
I never said Crypto. I said bitcoin. And with AI... I am genuinely afraid my job will be automated. I'm trying to become a manager before we are relegated to minimum wage workers.
- techblueberry 7mo ago
  It sounds like you're just trying to delay the inevitable then. Manager's may be automated before Software Engineers! Or at the very least otherwise be made redundant. https://fortune.com/2025/03/04/amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-middle-managers-rto-gen-z/ https://fortune.com/2025/03/04/amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-middle-...
- techblueberry 7mo ago
  But what are you too late for bitcoin for? Go buy some!
vaylian 7mo ago
> Wouldn’t it be ironic if all the early adopters were the losers because they liked the hacky nature of it? This happened to a lot of early computer adopters, low level programmers, etc. Relevant XKCD: 598

lpcvoid 7mo ago

Bitcoin won? I don't think it did. Main use is still scams, circumventing sanctions, and grifting. My SEPA instant money transfer does everything bitcoin promised without the trash, and bad people surrounding bitcoin.

randomsolutions 7mo ago

He is rejecting the framing of get in now before it's "too late". If it is so useful then we will be able to pick it up when it is more polished rather than learning to use some half polished turd that will be obsolete in 6 months.

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monegator 7mo ago

daily reminder your have yet to start paying for using LLMs, the current paid tiers are just to lure you in. It also has changed nothing in the way i do stuff. Checked it out, not for me, thanks but no thanks (Sick and tired of hearing how you made an ui in a couple of hours by directing the code when it still takes me the same couple of hours of coding.)

timacles 7mo ago
But they didn’t have to think as hard, so they win Oh wait…

fdghrtbrt 7mo ago

"if bitcoin didn't win?" It didn't win. It's still useless.

hparadiz 7mo ago
must be nice to always live under stable currencies.
- fdghrtbrt 7mo ago
  Where do you live?
  - hparadiz 7mo ago
    At one point I lived in the Soviet Union but that's not really relevant to my point.
    - fdghrtbrt 7mo ago
      I don't understand your point. You said it would be nice to live..... what does that have to do with bitcoin? What's your point? Make a point.
      - hparadiz 7mo ago
        My point is your opinion is sheltered and lacks life experience.
        fdghrtbrt 7mo ago
        Your opinion on my opinion is not really relevant to bitcoin.
        permalac 7mo ago
        I understand your point. And I agree on people without life changing fluctuations in currency will hardly understand that side of bitcoin value.

master-lincoln 7mo ago

What did bitcoin win? Seems to me like it's mainly used as speculative asset instead of using it to pay goods and services.

cryptonym 7mo ago

Crypto didn't "win", the technology is there but people are mostly gambling, or doing shady stuff. Shall I mention NFTs? It didn't change the life of the average joe, nor business. It's a niche. Many people are still coding without AI and doing perfectly fine. When you design serious things, coding is not where most time is spent anyway. Maybe it'll become unavoidable at some point, by that time the experience will be refined and it'll be easier to learn. Point is, it's never too late. If you don't need to be cutting edge on a new tech, it may not make sense to put the extra effort of early birds. If you put that effort, you better not do it for free.