coding

9 statements across 8 episodes · 6 bullish · 0 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Reshma Saujani · across every show →

Everything said about coding, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 positive
Insight
Saujani: Coding inherently teaches students to normalize and accept failure
“Coding is about failing. Like, it is, I mean, I'm learning how to code. I've been learning how to code. It is so frustrating. You know, especially the type A woman who wants to get my code right all the time, and that is what I love about the work that we do i…”
Reshma Saujani Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 15:31 a16z Podcast | If Coding is the New Literacy, How Can More People Code?
Feb 16, 2023 positive
Opinion
Masad: AI makes learning to code more valuable by elevating all developers
“To me, it feels like it's more worth it today because it's a tide that raises all boats, right? Like we said, the 10 X becomes a thousand X. But like a .1 X becomes a, you know, a 10 X, right? So if you're someone who's previously maybe whose impact with codin…”
Amjad Masad Feb 16, 2023 ▶ 32:45 The 1000x Developer with Amjad Masad
Oct 23, 2025 bullish
Insight
Masad: Coding AI outpaces all other domains via real-time verification
“Which is why coding is moving faster than any other domain, is because we can generate these problems and verify them on the fly.”
Amjad Masad Oct 23, 2025 ▶ 27:33 Marc Andreessen & Amjad Masad on “Good Enough” AI, AGI, and the End of Coding
Feb 9, 2026 positive
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George: Coding tools have seen the largest uptake and leaps in AI
“The biggest uptake has been in coding so far, and that's where we've seen the biggest leaps.”
David George Feb 9, 2026 ▶ 8:05 AI Markets: Deep Dive with a16z's David George
Apr 6, 2026
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Yang: Coding Will Eat All Knowledge Work
“I feel like coding will eat all knowledge work.”
Peter Yang Apr 6, 2026 ▶ 15:22 OpenClaw, Claude Code, and the Future of Software | Peter Yang on The a16z Show
Jun 8, 2026 bullish
Opinion
Evans: Coding is the only AI use case with clear product-market fit
“The place that's got product market fit right now is coding. Nothing else has equivalent product market fit right now.”
Benedict Evans Jun 8, 2026 ▶ 28:28 The Economics of AI Usage and What's Next For SaaS | Benedict Evans on a16z
Jun 8, 2026 positive
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Evans: Anthropic succeeded in AI coding by focusing strategy with less capital
“And then Anthropic, with having less capital raised, said, no, we're going to focus on coding, and they got coding working. Whether that was, like, a deliberate strategy or, kind of, they stumbled into it is, you know, for other people to say, but, like, clear…”
Benedict Evans Jun 8, 2026 ▶ 6:28 The Economics of AI Usage and What's Next For SaaS | Benedict Evans on a16z
Aug 27, 2026
Opinion
Casado: Coding is the most competitive startup market ever seen
“Founding teams work on exactly what is needed by the business, and I think they did a very good job, and I think it allowed them to navigate the most competitive market we've probably ever seen. Has there been a more competitive market than coding?”
Martin Casado Aug 27, 2026 ▶ 28:49 How Cursor Built One of AI’s Fastest-Growing Companies
Sep 10, 2026 neutral
Insight
George: AI diffusion beyond coding will be slow because tasks lack verifiability
“Coding hit, but that's kind of a head fake, right? Like coding, coding is perfectly documented, right? So it has like perfect data. It's verifiable and it's simulatable, right? And so like most tasks in business do not share those three attributes. And so, you…”
David George Sep 10, 2026 ▶ 35:21 Why Investors Are Rethinking Everything for the AI Era
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