Just as a quick datapoint here in case people get worried; yes, it is absolutely possible to program as a blind person, even without language models. Obviously you won't be using your eyes for it, but we have tried and tested tools that help and work. And at the end of the day, someone's going to have to review the code that gets written, so either way, you're not going to get around learning those tools.
Source: Am a blind person coding for many years before language models existed.
Thank you for sharing your experience. It provides me a bit of comfort to know it's possible for me to keep coding in the event of vision loss, and I'm glad tools exist for people that are blind.
A part of me wants to start using the available tools just to expand my modalities of interfacing with technology. If you have the time, any recommendations? What do you use?
Source: Am a blind person coding for many years before language models existed.