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Programming Is Tool-Complete, Driving Is Not

Driving is not tool-complete and programming is: cars have had the same interface for 50 years so anyone can drive a 1980 car, whereas programming tools (languages, IDEs, runtimes) have radically changed, meaning a JavaScript programmer would struggle at an Apple IIe BASIC prompt — and if Copilot or Codex genuinely help you, it probably means your framework has too much boilerplate.

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George Hotz

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I think driving is not tool complete and programming is.

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George Hotz #3Lex Fridman Podcast
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:26:10 AM

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