# 🔗 Programming Still Sucks. - Author: @gurupanguji - Date: 2026-05-20 - URL: https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2026/05/20/programming-still-sucks/ - Categories: link --- > The Guy at the party is still waiting for an answer. I'm too drunk now to lie. I tell him: AI didn't take our jobs. Greed did. Same greed that moved factories to Bangladesh and keeps slaves in cobalt mines in the Congo, wearing a new mask. Tell the nephew to do something else. Anything. It won't save him either, but at least he won't have to pretend the thing destroying his life is a robot. *Source:* [Programming Still Sucks.](https://www.stvn.sh/writing/programming-still-sucks-fqffhyp) If you have 10 mins, go and read the whole thing! While I don't hold the same iceberg ahead mentality, it's a beautiful piece of writing that nails the über point. AI is not taking the jobs, _capitalism_ is. It doesn't take prisoners and there are going to be some tough times ahead. Weirdly, the world might still end up "better."