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Ben Awad: 'hand-written code is dead'. I agree with the premise, disagree with the conclusion.

In January 2026, Ben Awad posted a video that went viral: 'hand-written code is basically dead'. Months later, real cases started confirming the thesis — a single prompt modifying 500,000 lines, games with 95% AI-generated code, Steve Yegge building agents that coordinate agents. I agree manual typing is dying. I disagree that means the end of critical code review.