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Next.js creator Guillermo Rauch says enterprise CEOs are returning to active coding using AI agents like Claude Code

Adam D'Angelo compares the trend to Toyota lean manufacturing

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Guillermo Rauch@rauchg#682inAI

Unclear if a durable trend, but CEOs and CTOs are back to coding with a fury, thanks to coding agents.

I have public company CEOs sliding into my DMs (and “InMail”) telling me about falling in love with shipping software again thanks to Claude Code and Vercel.

“Dream accounts” that we always wanted to work with, where in the past the C-suite would hardly understand the infrastructure until much later in the game.

Coding agents are the ultimate PLG-fication of the enterprise. Bad, legacy software can’t hide anymore. The stack that works is self-evident to the entire organization, from intern to CEO.

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Next.js creator Guillermo Rauch says enterprise CEOs are returning to active coding using AI agents like Claude Code

Adam D'Angelo compares the trend to Toyota lean manufacturing

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Guillermo Rauch@rauchg#682inAI

Unclear if a durable trend, but CEOs and CTOs are back to coding with a fury, thanks to coding agents.

I have public company CEOs sliding into my DMs (and “InMail”) telling me about falling in love with shipping software again thanks to Claude Code and Vercel.

“Dream accounts” that we always wanted to work with, where in the past the C-suite would hardly understand the infrastructure until much later in the game.

Coding agents are the ultimate PLG-fication of the enterprise. Bad, legacy software can’t hide anymore. The stack that works is self-evident to the entire organization, from intern to CEO.

10:19 AM · May 31, 2026 · 247.4K Views

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Positive users celebrate AI coding agents enabling CEOs and CTOs to ship software and rediscover the fun of building, while negative users warn it signals subpar teams or increased key-person risk.

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Adam D'Angelo@adamdangelo

Toyota lean manufacturing has an idea called "genchi genbutsu", essentially meaning managers should "go see the real thing at the real place" in a factory instead of sitting in an office hearing secondhand descriptions. AI coding suddenly makes this practical for software.

Guillermo Rauch@rauchg

Unclear if a durable trend, but CEOs and CTOs are back to coding with a fury, thanks to coding agents.

I have public company CEOs sliding into my DMs (and “InMail”) telling me about falling in love with shipping software again thanks to Claude Code and Vercel.

“Dream accounts” that we always wanted to work with, where in the past the C-suite would hardly understand the infrastructure until much later in the game.

Coding agents are the ultimate PLG-fication of the enterprise. Bad, legacy software can’t hide anymore. The stack that works is self-evident to the entire organization, from intern to CEO.

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