AI Coding Tools Now Age Faster Than Milk
An article examining how AI coding tools rapidly become obsolete, with new versions and competitors emerging so quickly that today's cutting-edge solutions are
Someone pointed out that Andrew Ng says AI coding tools age out faster than milk in your fridge now.
The gap between generations is shrinking so fast that being half a step behind - like still using basic GitHub Copilot while others moved to Cursor or Claude - makes a massive productivity difference. He mentioned in a recent talk that AI task complexity is doubling every seven months, which means tools evolve just as quickly.
Tools worth checking out:
- Cursor - https://cursor.sh
- Claude (via API or artifacts)
- Gemini for coding
The advice wasn’t subtle: staying current with these tools isn’t optional anymore. Someone who updates their coding stack every few months apparently moves way faster than teammates stuck on last year’s setup. Turns out the “stay current” advice that used to mean yearly conferences now means quarterly tool updates.
Video source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuZoDsNmG_s
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