New Delhi, March 31 -- The future of manual coding is reportedly under threat from generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), automated AI agentic systems and vibe coding (where programmers rarely review code). Is the outlook for humans that dire? What should we do to stay relevant?

assisted coding?

A Harvard Business Review study found a 20% drop in software development roles over two years as AI tools like GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Cursor, Tabnine and Devin streamline coding, reduce costs and modernize systems. AI automates tasks, detects errors and optimizes workflows, shifting developers from manual coding to overseeing AI-driven processes. 'Vibe coding', which leverages large language models (LLMs) to generate, debug and refine cod...