,Who runs the world? Code. 4% of GitHub commits are already AI.
Claude Code is an AI tool for programmers that's quietly taking over the tech world—it already writes 4% of all code on GitHub and will write 20% by 2026—because unlike normal AI assistants that regular people use, this one works behind the scenes like Linux does on servers, so while you're playing with your basic AI, the real experts are using this powerful tool to build everything that runs the future.
Currently, 4% of all public commits on GitHub are made by Claude Code. If current growth trends hold, we expect Claude Code to be responsible for more than 20% of daily commits by the end of 2026. While you weren’t paying attention, AI took over software development.
Claude Code is a CLI for LLMs—that’s why adoption has been so rapid. While others focused on consumer adoption, Claude bet on the developer. It’s similar to Windows/macOS versus Unix/Linux.
Unix dominates environments where 24/7 availability and absolute stability are legal or financial requirements. On servers, cloud infrastructure, and supercomputers, Linux reigns supreme—often 80% to 90% market share. All major cloud providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) run on Linux infrastructure. More than 90% of public cloud workloads are estimated to run on Linux.
On employee workstations (desktops/laptops), Windows dominates, with about 75–80%.
Claude is the same story. It’s not built for the average consumer. But in the end, it’s this “code” that will shape the world of tomorrow.
I’ve been telling you for years—autistic people will dominate the world. The world you live in is theirs.
Try to adapt, because an autistic person won’t adapt to you.
You live on the outside; the autistic person lives on the inside. They are less disturbed by external stimuli because of their natural ability to remain inward and refocus.
David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Ruby on Rails, is experiencing a kind of anticipatory nostalgia, reminiscing about writing code by hand while still doing exactly that:
“Writing Ruby code by hand in a text editor feels like such a luxury. Maybe this will soon be a lost art, but that's just all the more reason to enjoy the privilege to its fullest while we still have it.”
This world is finished. With AI, we’ve entered a new one.
Boris Cherny, creator of Claude Code, says: “Pretty much 100% of our code is written by Claude Code + Opus 4.5.”
AI is autonomous—that’s what the average person using OpenAI and its traditional counterparts fails to grasp.
It’s the same phenomenon as with Windows/macOS: the user thinks their universe is all that exists.
But the real world runs mostly on Unix/Linux. It’s the same with Claude. OpenAI and its peers will become dinosaurs—and they’ll be the only AIs the average person uses.
That means you’ll once again be relegated to the Museum of Society.