It Still Can't Do My Job: Four Years of Moving Goalposts (2022–2026)

This article traces the history of moving goalposts in AI coding capabilities from November 2022 to 2026, documenting how skeptics continually raised the bar as AI achieved each milestone—from writing a simple Snake game to passing exams, building real products, and handling production code. Despite AI's progress, critics always found a new reason to say 'it still can't do my job.' The piece ends with forecasts for future benchmarks.