‘If you're writing code traditionally, stop. It's over': Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt explains why he is mourning as a programmer

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt declared traditional coding is obsolete, urging developers to stop writing code manually. If you're writing code traditionally, stop, he said, explaining that top engineers now manage AI systems like Claude and Gemini. This profound shift has led Schmidt to feel a personal sense of mourning for the era of hands-on programming.