In the press
I write about what AI is doing to software: to the people who build it, and to the companies that sell it. Three of my essays reached more than four million readers and were picked up by The New York Times, Inc., Futurism, The Register, and Marketplace. This page has the essays, the coverage, quotes you can use, and how to reach me.
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PodcastHow “Based” Is Grok 3? + Vibecoding 101
Kevin Roose and Casey Newton discuss my essay on AI and junior developers.
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ArticleA New AI Worry: Many Young Coders No Longer Know How Their Code Really Works
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ArticleYoung Coders Are Using AI for Everything, Giving “Blank Stares” When Asked How Programs Actually Work
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ArticleHey programmers — is AI making us dumber?
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Radio“Vibe coding”: how sites like Moltbook can disrupt the AI industry
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PodcastEp. 823 — Hot Take Tuesday: Is AI Killing B2B SaaS?
Rob Walling and guests spend the opening segment on my essay “AI is Killing B2B SaaS”.
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Most stories about my work trace back to one of these three pieces. Each links to the original so you can quote the source.
AI is Creating a Generation of Illiterate Programmers
After twelve years of coding I noticed I had stopped being able to work without an AI assistant. The essay argues that AI tooling is quietly eroding the fundamentals of a whole generation of developers, and what to do about it.
Covered by: NYT Hard Fork, Inc., Futurism, The Register, Marketplace Tech, Hacker News front page, ThePrimeagen, Tech With Tim
Read the essay →New Junior Developers Can’t Actually Code
A follow-up written after dozens of conversations with new developers: the code works, but ask why and you get blank stares. On what struggling through problems used to teach and how to keep learning with AI in the loop.
Covered by: ITPro, Diginomica, Inside Higher Ed, Developpez, ForrestKnight, Code Monkey
Read the essay →AI is Killing B2B SaaS
Why the most profitable business model on Earth is under threat when every customer believes they can vibe-code something better, what the market is already pricing in, and which SaaS companies survive.
Covered by: Startups For the Rest of Us, TechPlanet, Inc42, Hacker News
Read the essay →Writing a story? Recording an episode?
I'm happy to talk about what AI is doing to junior developers and the craft of programming, vibe coding and the bill it leaves behind, why B2B SaaS is under pressure, and what it's like to build a company as a solo founder in Y Combinator. I'm building PumpGTM, an AI agent that finds buyers and runs outreach for founders.
I reply to press requests within one business day. Based in San Francisco, available on Pacific hours and happy to record remotely.
Quotable
Cleared for use with attribution to Namanyay Goel. For anything longer, email me and I'll reply the same day.
“We’re trading deep understanding for quick fixes, and while it feels great in the moment, we’re going to pay for this later.”
“I hate the term vibe coding for what I do. It implies recklessness.”
“How do you keep asking customers for renewal, when every customer feels they can get something better built with AI?”
All coverage
ArticleAI-Native Developers and the Coming Gatekeeper Generation
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LaunchGigacatalyst launch — “Congrats on the launch, @namanyayg!”
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LaunchGigacatalyst: customize your software to every user with AI
Read →PodcastEp. 823 — Hot Take Tuesday: Is AI Killing B2B SaaS?
Read →Radio“Vibe coding”: how sites like Moltbook can disrupt the AI industry
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ArticleSoftware Enters The Autopilot Era
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ArticleHow AI is Disrupting the $200 Billion B2B SaaS Industry
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Community“AI is Killing B2B SaaS” on the front page
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ArticleVibe Coding Lets Anyone Start, But Few Know How to Finish
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ArticleVibe Coding is Shifting Teams to a Building-First Culture
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ArticleThe Myth of the Self-Coding Agent
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ArticleAI Is Killing The Job Market For Young Coders, New Study Shows
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ArticleIs Agentic Coding Just a Smart Intern Pretending to Know More?
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ArticleWhy Programmers Are Using Problematic AI Code?
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ArticleTo Code or Not to Code
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ArticleJunior devs “can’t actually code” — OffSec roundup for CISOs
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ArticleTo make profit, AI companies will have to take your job
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RadioIf AI writes code, is coding still crucial for kids to learn?
Read →ArticleA New AI Worry: Many Young Coders No Longer Know How Their Code Really Works
Read →ArticleYoung Coders Are Using AI for Everything, Giving “Blank Stares” When Asked How Programs Actually Work
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ArticleThe AI paradox: efficiency vs. experience in software development
Read →PodcastHow “Based” Is Grok 3? + Vibecoding 101
Read →ArticleHey programmers — is AI making us dumber?
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Article“We’re trading deep understanding for quick fixes”: junior developers and AI tools
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ArticleAI risk — as trust in generative AI grows, the Great Forgetting has begun
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ArticleL’IA est en train de créer une génération de programmeurs illettrés
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ArticleMost developers use AI in their daily workflows — but they don’t trust it
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Article“They’re Like Smart Goldfish”: How This Developer’s AI is Taking On Tech Giants
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Community“AI is Creating a Generation of Illiterate Programmers” on the front page
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ArticleTech Entrepreneur Tackles Delhi’s Air Crisis With Groundbreaking App
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ArticleTurning Air Quality Data Into Actionable Insights
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ArticleBharatHacks, a Hackathon to Solve Problems for India
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ArticleGoogle Code-in 2014 wrap-up — Grand Prize winner
Read →Videos & podcasts
Creators with a combined audience of more than four million subscribers made videos about my writing. I've also been a guest on shows about AI and startups.