The Death of Software Development

3 points | by andrewdb 2 hours ago

2 comments

  • coldtea an hour ago

    The post itself is AI (or co-AI) slop, which means it can be just ignored.

    >If an idiot like me can clone a product that costs $30k per month — in two hours — what even is software development? (...) The new software developer is no longer a craftsman. It’s the average operator, empowered

    If entire industries employee counts are decimated and/or commodified, this means the "new software developer" wont find people to pay for what they create (whether software or a software driven service). For the majority, it also means further degradation of the kind of jobs one will be able to find.

  • jleyank 2 hours ago

    Well, I suspect increasing use of code generation mechanisms will lead to improved design and debugging skills. Practice makes perfect, eh?