Re:Thoughts on the Future of Software Development
by imbnwa on Monday March 18, 2024 @12:58PM
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How many humans do you need per project though? The number can only lower as AI tooling improves. And will employers pay the same rates when they’re already paying a sub for their AI tools and the work involved is so much more high level?
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Re:Thoughts on the Future of Software Development
by doktrin on Monday March 18, 2024 @01:35PM
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I don’t claim to have any particular prescience here, but doesn’t this assume that the scope of “software” remains static? The potential universe of programmatically implementable solutions is vast. Just so happens that many or most of those potential future verticals are not commercially viable in 2024.
Re:Thoughts on the Future of Software Development
by ElevenLathe on Monday March 18, 2024 @04:23PM
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Exactly. Custom software is currently very expensive. Making it cheaper to produce will presumably increase demand for it. Whether this results in more or fewer unemployed SWEs, and if I'll be one of them, I don't know.