AI Just Killed Traditional Coding - Here's What's Next

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Remember when "learning to code" meant memorizing syntax? Those days are over.

What Died:

❌ Memorizing every JavaScript method
❌ Writing boilerplate code from scratch

❌ Debugging for hours alone
❌ Googling simple syntax errors

What's Being Born:

🚀 Prompt Engineering - The new "coding"
🚀 AI-Assisted Architecture - Designing systems with AI
🚀 Code Review Automation - AI catching bugs before humans
🚀 Testing at Scale - AI generating thousands of test cases

Real Example - Before vs After:

Before AI:

// Spending 30 minutes writing form validation
const validateEmail = (email) => {
  const regex = /^[^\s@]+@[^\s@]+\.[^\s@]+$/;
  return regex.test(email);
};

After AI:

// AI writes it in 10 seconds
// "Write a function to validate email in JavaScript"
const validateEmail = (email) => /^[^\s@]+@[^\s@]+\.[^\s@]+$/.test(email);