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Re:The future is fewer people writing code? by markbnj on Friday July 22, 2016 @11:13AM (#12144024)
>> We will have tools, accessible, easy tools; Arduinos and Pis of the future; sure. But it will not replace, nor eliminate or reduce the amount of code written.

I think something eventually will, though. My reasoning for this conclusion is simply that I don't believe a significantly larger percentage of people will learn to write production software than are able to do so now. At the same time the need for software in every sector continues to grow, leading to some varying levels of scarcity in programmers. That's a massive economic opportunity, and so people will continue to pound at that nut until it cracks.

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Re:The future is fewer people writing code? by marcosdumay on Friday July 22, 2016 @04:22PM (#12146493)
We will keep making developers more and more productive. And if there aren't enough of us to solve all the problems, well tough luck - let them unsolved, every profession is like that.

But if we create an AI that can understand people well enough to know what those people want without clear instructions, yes, we will have placed us out of the job market, together with everybody else.

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Re:The future is fewer people writing code? by AnimalMuppet on Friday July 22, 2016 @02:15PM (#12145516)
Not all nuts are crackable. I agree, though, that people will continue to pound. Even if it doesn't crack, we may find a way for many people to get things done without learning to write "production" code.
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