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kentich 2 hours ago [-]
I am afraid the software engineering industry is increasingly becoming like the music industry, which was killed by being able to get any song for free. Open source, free, fremium apps, lower threshold of entry due to AI, all of that is killing the market. Soon, you will not be able to make any money out of it unless you're a big player.
jsxyzb 3 hours ago [-]
According to the development trend of AI, the demand for software engineering may decrease, but it will not disappear. In any case, top engineers are always in demand. The demand for software engineers in ordinary positions will not be as great as it is now
I think that's all correct what they're saying. It's not contradictory - writing code has become a commodity to a certain extent. But someone's still responsible for the production systems when it fails. AWS had a couple of big outages last year because of AI. Even with humans reviewing it, review is review. If you're not writing the code, you'll not have spent enough time thinking about edge cases. That's where the most expensive part of software engineering, not coding. Coding being a commodity is indeed analogous to robots in the production line, but those robots have huge teams of mechanical engineers to keep them running. The calibration, the servicing etc.
What's most interesting is now that vibe coding is expensive, will the AI slop go away, gradually?
What's most interesting is now that vibe coding is expensive, will the AI slop go away, gradually?