Viral developer post: coding isn't the bottleneck, good ideas are

Software engineer Dax Raad's X post arguing that AI coding tools won't fix companies' real problems went viral. His core argument: organizations rarely have good ideas, and expensive implementation was actually a useful filter. Faster coding just means building bad ideas faster. Raad also argued that most workers have no motivation to use AI for productivity gains, preferring to work "with less energy spend." The post resonated widely on Reddit and X as developers push back on AI productivity hype.

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