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Obie Fernandez
Personal blog · obie.medium.comaiprogramming
Obie Fernandez's personal blog at obie.medium.com covers ai and programming. Since 2021, 14 different Hacker News readers have linked it 26 times, most often “What happens when the coding becomes the least interesting part of the work”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-04-07, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link Obie Fernandez's Medium post on AI-assisted programming, where coding becomes the least interesting part of the work and the human guides an LLM that writes the code. Commenters cite it as support.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- What happens when the coding becomes the least interesting part of the work7 people · 8 mentions · first linked 2025-12-12
- Wait, the 10x developer is now an endangered species?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-07-14
- Ruby Was Ready from the Start2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-11-23
What Hacker News says?
Check out my story of relocating to Mexico nearly 4 years ago. Everything you say here is true, and more... https://obie.medium.com/you-should-relocate-to-mexico-598743...
Comment linking /you-should-relocate-to-mexico-598743828045
on “Launch HN: Ontop (YC W21) – Easily hire and pay remote workers in LATAM”Submitted My kids and I just played D&D with ChatGPT4 as the DM as a story · 123 points
HN discussionI agree with this guy: https://obie.medium.com/what-happens-when-the-coding-becomes... . It's a game changer when used to pair program (MOB Programming) with you as the navigator and the LLM as the driver. It needs guidance and rework but shit gets done with the human as the ultimate gatekeeper.
Comment linking /what-happens-when-the-coding-becomes-the-least-interesting-part-of-the-work-ab10c213c660
on “Opus 4.5 is the first model that makes me fear for my job”Submitted Ruby Was Ready from the Start as a story · 75 points
HN discussionThis is a quote from the concluding paragraphs of https://obie.medium.com/what-happens-when-the-coding-becomes...
Comment linking /what-happens-when-the-coding-becomes-the-least-interesting-part-of-the-work-ab10c213c660
on “What happens when the coding becomes the least interesting part of the work”Submitted The Future of Ruby and Rails in the Age of AI as a story · 33 points
HN discussionI agree with this guy: https://obie.medium.com/what-happens-when-the-coding-becomes... When you look at the AI as having a Jr. Developer at your disposal to do the mundane things you actually elevate yourself higher than you could individually (without the help) as you focus more on architecture and design and guide the LLM to make incremental improvements instead of decremental ones. That's my take at least. This o…
Comment linking /what-happens-when-the-coding-becomes-the-least-interesting-part-of-the-work-ab10c213c660
on “Tell HN: I am afraid AI will take my job at some point”Submitted Ruby Was Ready from the Start as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Intellligent Job Scheduling Using AI instead of rufus and whenever as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted What happens when the coding becomes the least interesting part of the work as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted What happens when the coding becomes the least interesting part of the work as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Claude on Rails as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted My Full Supplement Stack for 2026 (including research peptides) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted What happens when the coding becomes the least interesting part of the work as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted What happens when the coding becomes the least interesting part of the work as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Building a Personal CTO Operating System with Claude Code as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Practical Experiment in Building an AI Agent Swarm as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Wait, the 10x developer is now an endangered species? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Open source ChatGPT bot platform in Rails 7 by Obie Fernandez and MagmaLabs as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Exploring GPT’s Limits with South Park Roleplay as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted What Used to Take Months Now Takes Days as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted What happens when the coding becomes the least interesting part of the work as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Winding Down Olympia as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris: Programming with AI as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Wait, the 10x software developer is now an endangered species? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted From Biting Nails to Building Mac Apps with the Power of GPT-4 as a story · 1 points
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