I spent some time thinking through what "building software" actually means in the age of AI, what's genuinely changing, what isn't, and why the discourse keeps getting stuck on the wrong question. The article summarizes my thoughts.
AI making programming accessible to more people is a genuine good. The apps are real, they run, and the excitement is deserved. But everyone is asking "will AI replace software engineers?" when the more interesting question is hiding in plain sight: what happens when there is more software than people who know how to operationalize it?
I tried to think this through honestly rather than just react to the hype. Curious what people here think.
I spent some time thinking through what "building software" actually means in the age of AI, what's genuinely changing, what isn't, and why the discourse keeps getting stuck on the wrong question. The article summarizes my thoughts.
AI making programming accessible to more people is a genuine good. The apps are real, they run, and the excitement is deserved. But everyone is asking "will AI replace software engineers?" when the more interesting question is hiding in plain sight: what happens when there is more software than people who know how to operationalize it?
I tried to think this through honestly rather than just react to the hype. Curious what people here think.