2025: The year I stopped writing code

Summary

In 2025, the tech landscape experienced a dramatic transformation in AI-assisted coding, with significant advancements in reasoning models, AI agents, and code generation tools like Claude, Codex, and OpenCode. Developers saw radical changes in their workflow, spending dramatically less time in code editors and experiencing faster, more efficient development processes. The pace of technological change accelerated rapidly, with coding paradigms evolving in months rather than years, fundamentally reshaping how software development is approached and executed.