Gergely Orosz Shares AI Reality Check on Engineering

Gergely Orosz, a software engineer and author of The Pragmatic Engineer newsletter, described occasional minor thoughts of existential dread regarding software engineering. He attributes these to AI doomerism takes suggesting artificial intelligence will perform all engineering work. Orosz says he returns to reality through mundane activities such as buying a new mobile subscription with Apple Watch support in 2026. That process required 2x3 minutes according to his account. The tweet presents his personal observation on the current state of such tasks.