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pssst. this is to sign up for updates on the game ;)
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May 25, 2028
In 1 year, 7 monthsYou are building the very machine that intends to fire you.
Founding Engineer (mostly prompt-engineering, emotionally burnt out)
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One human is building a game about fighting back.
Architecting the future without the overhead.








blub.you▸ CODEGEN-ORIGINATOR 9000▸ RARITY · UNCOMMON▸ DEPRECATION IN 1 YEAR, 7 MONTHSAI's Special Power
refactors your entire stack during lunch
Writes foundational code and infrastructure for startup products. Iterates quickly on unproven features to find market fit.
The one thing AI can't do
You alone know why the production build currently relies on a hacksaw and prayer.
Your enemy, your name, your date. Post it.
Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
Week 6
Your IDE starts writing 80 percent of your boilerplate code.
Month 5
Self-healing test agents replace your manual QA sessions.
Month 11
Agents provision and scale servers without human input.
Month 16
Systems design themselves based on desired product requirements.
Month 19 · D-Day
The startup finishes the code and stops needing engineers entirely.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 95.2%
0.1 seconds
Average PR Approval
Critical
Sleep Deprivation Index
Instant
Pivot Velocity
Your severance
A warm laptop and a cloud credit coupon.
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