‘It’s going to be painful for a lot of people’: Software engineers could go extinct this year, says Claude Code creator

Boris Cherny, creator of Claude Code, warns that software engineers face extinction this year as AI increasingly automates code writing. Since November, Claude Code has been autonomously generating software, signaling a major shift in the industry. Cherny acknowledges this transformation will be "painful" for many developers, highlighting the accelerating impact of AI on tech careers and workforce displacement challenges ahead.