Why AI Replaces Coders, But Not Engineers
First 10 minutes: a first look at what we're launching this month. Before anyone else sees it.
The AI wrote that. Every test passes. A senior engineer sees what's wrong with it in about two seconds — and that gap, not typing speed, is the whole job now.
Nobody is hiring a junior to write code any more; the model does that part. What still gets hired is the eye that catches what the model got wrong, and the judgment to decide what should have been built in the first place. That used to take years of sitting next to someone senior. This is 90 minutes of it, direct.
What we cover
How vibe coding is taking the job of junior developers.
Why code that passes every test still drifts into a codebase nobody can explain
The questions a senior asks before a line gets written, and why the AI can't ask them for you
Live: an idea → a structured PRD → a working app, using Codalio Blueprint
Open Q&A on whatever you're building
What you get
$1,000 in Codalio credits, total — record a short POC video of what you build after the session and submit it by Mon Oct 12. Ten builders get $100 each.
Codalio Blueprint — our open-source plugin, free, yours to keep
A Codalio Starter Account with credits
The resource pack — every registrant, no conditions
A place on the Codalio Studio alpha list
The recording, within 24 hours
Privileged tier — a few verified actions in the first 15 minutes unlocks it
Who it's for: anyone writing code alongside AI who has noticed the ladder they were climbing just changed shape. Bootcamp grads, CS students, self-taught builders, first- and second-year devs. No seniority required — that's the point.
Free · Online · 90 minutes · Wed Sep 30, 12:00pm ET Can't make midday? The 7pm session covers the same ground from the production side.