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Is it still worth it to learn to code?

2025-12-04 · Short · Ali · recording, 1:00 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Learning and studying · mode: Answering questions · tags: AI

Asked whether learning to code is still worth it because of AI, Ali says it is, especially now: the skill is not typing code but thinking about code and being the architect of the system, letting AI do much of the work while you still debug.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Is learning to code still worth it with AI?

  • ★★★ Ali says that even, and especially, in the world of AI it is still very useful to know how to code. — 00:00:13

  • ★★★ In the age of AI, Ali says, the skill of coding is not typing code but knowing how to think about it, what servers do and what architecture to build: being the architect of the system and letting AI do much of the work. — 00:00:40

    “being like the architect of the system and letting the ai do a lot of the work for you”

  • ★★ As AI evolves its code works the first time more often, Ali says, but you still have to do a load of debugging, which is the real skill of learning to code in the age of vibe coding. — 00:00:47

Threads in this video

  • restate · Should you learn to code? — Ali says that even, and especially, in the world of AI it is still very useful to know how to code. (00:00:13)
  • refine · Should you learn to code? — In the age of AI, Ali says, the skill of coding is not typing code but knowing how to think about it, what servers do and what architecture to build: being the architect of the system and letting AI do much of the work. (00:00:40)

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vibe coding

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