Yes, Learning to Code Is Still Valuable
March 6, 2026

Every few weeks, someone shares a bold opinion: “Don’t bother learning to code, AI will do it all.” I’ve seen this from VCs, influencers, and people who have never actually shipped a production system.
In the past few weeks, I’ve written about the human-in-the-loop, the future of software engineering, and what these changes mean for enterprise organizations. The core point across all three: AI moved the bottleneck from coding to review, from doing the work to making decisions.
Here’s what many people miss: you can’t develop good judgment without first learning to code.
Matteo Collina, Core contributor to Node.js and prolific open source developer argues that it’s still valuable to learn how to code.







