Lars Jansen · Sep 13, 2026 · 6:01 AM UTC

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Lars Jansen

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Sep 13

Did AI create a new kind of software developer, or did it give people who already understood problems, systems and products the missing ability to actually build them?

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Did AI Create a New Kind of Software Developer?

I put posted on X the other day saying I think AI coding is creating a new class of software developer. I wasn’t necessarily talking about programmers in the traditional sense, or people who know

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Lars Jansen · Aug 14, 2026 · 11:25 PM UTC

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Aug 14

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I Deleted Two Weeks of Code. Maybe I Was Thinking Too Much Like a Programmer.

I’ve been thinking about the difference between programmers using AI to write software and non-programmers vibe coding with AI, because I’m not convinced they’re actually doing the same thing with

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Lars Jansen · Aug 6, 2026 · 9:36 PM UTC

Lars Jansen

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Aug 6

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Getting nostalgic

To ChatGPT: Go and have a look at my first 1000 Gmail messages. From ChatGPT: Yep — and this turned out to be way more interesting than a generic inbox summary. I traced your mailbox from the very

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Lars Jansen · Jul 24, 2026 · 9:57 PM UTC

Lars Jansen

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Jul 24

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I’ve been thinking about website traffic.

I can’t remember the last time I visited a website just to find a straightforward piece of information. Most of the time, I’ll ask ChatGPT or Claude first. That’s not a small change. For years, the

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