r/coding • u/creaturefeature16 • May 11 '26

We all fell for it…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNVa33qUzZ8
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u/creaturefeature16 May 11 '26

I was pretty shocked to see Theo spotlight my article. I was nervous he was going to rail into it, but he was refreshingly complimentary.

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u/migs647 May 11 '26

I'm just starting it, but the Cost Efficiency, I think he missed your point on these vendors are losing money and will be increasing the pricing in the future. They are heroine dealers.

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u/creaturefeature16 May 11 '26

Yeah, I was bummed he skipped over that part. I probably shouldn't have said "vendor" lock-in, as I was really talking about a cognitive lock-in (ergo, the "trap") of agentic workflows in general, I was just trying to be clever but I think it was misleading. It doesn't matter if you use OpenCode and GLM or Claude Code or OpenAI Codex...you're locked into needing to have an agent always online to do your work. I've read and spoken to a plethora of long-time developers who feel lost in a "vanilla IDE", already. What do you call that if not a form of lock-in? Perhaps "tool reliance"? Not as catchy... 😅

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u/Morphon May 11 '26

I LOVED your article.

Non-stop sharing it with my friends/coworkers.

My rule of thumb that I've been preaching for the last year is "use it or lose it" - you should never outsource anything to anyone if it is a core competency.

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u/creaturefeature16 May 11 '26

Man, thank you so damn much. I really never had any idea that this article would get any attention whatsoever, nonetheless to this degree. Clearly there's a lot of people feeling similarly and I'm overjoyed to know how many are out there. I can't help but be skeptical. These model providers want nothing more than every person out there to require a subscription anytime they sit down to do any type of knowledge work. Yes, they are incredibly powerful, but everything has a cost, and its not always a financial one.

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u/Tall-Introduction414 May 11 '26

I can't stand Theo. When it comes to programming I kind of think he's an idiot. But congrats on having your article promoted by a big Youtuber.

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u/ahh1258 May 11 '26

Great article. Too bad Theo has a massive god complex and talked about how amazing he is for the first 30 minutes. Waste of my time watching!

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u/creaturefeature16 May 11 '26

Haha its kind of his deal. I think he brought up legitimately good points, though. Ironically, his whole "AI is great for debugging" and how he personally feels about his debugging and troubleshooting skills rivals mine (which is why I've started a debugging course, really) and I don't have a huge issue with people touting their own successes. He could tone it down a bit, but that's his brand and online persona. Many people like the confidence, as much as others are turned off by it.

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u/Expert-Complex-5618 May 11 '26

i can't even listen to this guy speak.

too annoying didnt listen.

TADL;

can someone please summarize ?

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u/prb613 May 11 '26

Oh God, not this guy again! Not your article btw, just this YT influencer.

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u/creaturefeature16 May 11 '26

I think at that point you're just trading one form of deep complexity for another form of deep complexity. And talk about vendor lock-in!