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 for a Claude Max subscription, $20 for ChatGPT Pro and $99 as the Apple Developer fee. He also made a striking admission: “Lines of code I wrote: 0.”
‘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.
