Scary World Where Whims Become Reality - Unga

What happened

The writer is a programmer who has not written a single line of code by hand recently. He used a new AI model, Claude Opus 5.5, to build a hobby website. The site gives a philosophy-lover a 'favorite philosopher' after a short personality quiz. The AI wrote most of the code in one go. The writer then only gave a few changes. The whole job took about two hours. At work, he now chats with AI tools to add features to the company app, and the AI does most of the building.

Key facts

• The hobby website took about 2 hours from start to finish.
• The writer has not written or read the code for the website.
• The AI tested the site in a browser, took screenshots to check the design, and made its own sound effects.
• The writer thinks that for about 90% of apps, a simple idea is enough to get a working version, if only a few hundred to a few thousand people use them.
• The writer's career in programming has lasted more than half of his life, since junior high school.

Why AI coding is changing

In the past, turning an idea into a working app took a lot of skill and time. You had to write code, test it, and fix bugs. New AI models can now plan the work, write the code, test it in a browser, and improve the design on their own. People can describe what they want in plain words, and the AI does the technical steps. The writer also says that his friends joke about how scary it is that any idea can quickly become real.

Why it matters

This story shows how fast the work of software engineers may change. Ideas that used to stay as dreams can now become real in a few hours. This can help small teams and hobbyists build things quickly. But it also raises worries about jobs. The writer admits he feels shocked and unsure about the future. He says that his job may look very different in the coming years, even if it does not disappear.

What to watch

• Whether AI can handle very large apps used by millions of people, which needs extra planning for systems and safety.
• How software engineering jobs change as AI does more of the coding and testing.
• How quickly new AI models, such as the ones the writer names, improve over the next few years.
• Whether more people without coding skills start building their own apps.