> 2026 tools to write their code but they want to be judged by 2016 standards.

That's basically the entire AI landscape atm.

I keep seeing people do things like spend a weekend building a product then charging ridiculous prices for it with the justification that it's what those products would've cost a few years ago.

For some reason, it doens't click for them that those prices were a reflection of the effort it took to get to that point and that the situation has changed.

Really apt comment, and I think it applies to a broader domain than just coding. People want others to judge their super fancy slide deck or new branding by that same 2016 standard, essentially fabricating accomplishment for themselves.