Have you actually used frontier models? It's a different world now. AI is better than ~90% of practicing software engineers.
Sorry, I only have one spot for "funniest shit I read all day", so you only get close second.
Look mate, I don't like this future we're in, but I can't wishcast it away or pretend it's still mid-2025 and the slop machine is bound to collapse aaaaaany minute now. The technology is here and it's an absolute game changer. A lot of people who derived ego satisfaction from slinging code are going to find themselves handily outcompeted by a machine. And the best coders of the past—the Linuses and Carmacks of the world—are now welcoming our new robot overlords.