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Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu has shared a clear warning about how fast AI is changing the world of coding by using a simple app as an example of what this shift really looks like. He was reacting to a post by Anish Moonka, founder of the 10 Minute Gita app, who explained how the app came to life despite him having no coding background at all.

Moonka on X (formerly Twitter) wrote, “Started a week ago, not knowing how to write a single line of code I wanted to read the Bhagavad Gita daily, but couldn’t find an app that felt right. So I built one.”

Sharing the breakdown, Moonka wrote that the total cost of building the app was $200 (approximately Rs 18,000) for a Claude Max subscription, $20 (around Rs 1,800) for ChatGPT Pro and $99 (nearly Rs 9,000)

as the Apple Developer fee. He also made a striking admission: “Lines of code I wrote: 0.”

Started a week ago, not knowing how to write a single line of code

I wanted to read the Bhagavad Gita daily, but couldn't find an app that felt right. So I built one.

Ended with a full iOS app live @10minutegita on the App Store:
→ 239 daily readings of the Bhagavad Gita
→… pic.twitter.com/0ldzxmDsxq

— Anish Moonka (@AnishA_Moonka) February 5, 2026

‘Coders Should Look For Alternative Livelihoods’: Zoho Founder

Quoting Moonka, Vembu wrote, “Examples are now pouring in about AI-assisted Code Engineering productivity.” He further added that Anthropic, an AI research company behind the Claude AI model, has managed to build an entire C compiler using its own AI.

“At this point, it is best for those of us who depend on writing code for a living to start considering alternative livelihoods. I include myself in this. I don’t say this in panic, but with calm acceptance and embrace,” the post continued.

Vembu noted that he even had long discussions with Google’s Gemini Pro AI about how the economy could change due to the AI revolution. “It was like having an extremely intelligent economic philosopher debating you. I asked it to critique its own work and it did a fantastic job too,” he said.

Two Futures Shaped By Who Controls AI

According to Vembu, the future could unfold in two very different ways.

In the optimistic scenario, “this technology will make most technological prowess by humans redundant and that would push tech to the background (all tech become trivial, like digital watches today),” he noted.

According to him, this will allow people to “focus on life, family, soil, water, nature, art, music, culture, sports, festivals and faith, and that is best done in small close-knit rural communities.”

“I live a life like this today and if we solve rural poverty, I consider this a very good life,” the Zoho founder mentioned.

But at the same time, he also warned of a darker possibility. “The pessimistic dystopian vision is centralized control,” Vembu wrote.

Along with his post, he also attached the discussion he had with Gemini Pro.

Examples are now pouring in about AI-assisted Code Engineering productivity.

The quoted post is a Bhagwad Gita app.

Anthropic has built an entire C compiler with their Claude AI. That is not an easy engineering feat at all.

At this point, it is best for those of us who… https://t.co/KbgVX8G9nU

— Sridhar Vembu (@svembu) February 6, 2026

Young Workers Hit Harder As AI Enters The Job Market

A study by Stanford economists Erik Brynjolfsson and Bharat Chandar highlighted how the rise of AI is quietly reshaping early careers. The research found that since 2022, employment among younger workers in AI-exposed roles has dropped by 13 per cent. In comparison, more experienced professionals in the same fields and workers in sectors less affected by AI have largely remained stable.

“These large language models are trained on books, articles and written material found on the internet and elsewhere. That’s the kind of book learning that a lot of people get at universities before they enter the job market, so there is a lot of overlap between these LLMs and the knowledge young people have,” Brynjolfsson told CBS MoneyWatch.

The study points to two sectors where the impact is especially visible: software engineering and customer service. Entry-level hiring in both areas fell by nearly 20 per cent. At the same time, employment for senior workers in these roles actually increased between late 2022 and 2025.