Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is making waves in the global artificial intelligence race, emerging as a credible challenger to the long-standing dominance of American tech giants like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind. Backed by substantial local investment and supported by China's broader push for technological self-reliance, DeepSeek's rapid evolution signals a pivotal shift in the AI arms race.

Prompt engineering is an emerging and increasingly important skill, especially with the rise of large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. But whether it's the future of programming depends on how we define programming and its future needs.