Ask HN: Is there a quiet market for 'no enforced AI' dev jobs?

I've worked at places that mandated a particular editor, programming language, or methodology. Those mandates were rarely the reason people joined. The healthier organizations tended to define the outcome they wanted and let engineers choose the tools, provided the results justified the choice.

I wouldn't be surprised if AI ends up following the same pattern.

But they are a reason people won't apply in the first place, or decide to opt out once they find out in the interview process. Pretty sure I'm not the only one that wouldn't join a Windows-only shop or one that mandates using a corporate laptop with always-on spyware.