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Are we screwed? Is AI going to kill software development as we know it?

Are we screwed? Is AI going to kill software development as we know it?

Update: 2025-02-12
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The advent of AI coding assistance has introduced a wave of dread in the software development industry, exemplified by Chris Sacca's stark prediction that "we are super screwed" when it comes to traditional coding jobs. 

But I'm not convinced.

  • (00:00 ) - Chris Sacca's dire prediction about AI replacing coding

  • (02:23 ) - Brian Casel: In the future, will everyone just use AI to build their own little apps?

  • (02:42 ) - Tyler King: Is this wave of AI hype similar to the no-code wave?

  • (03:22 ) - The limitations of cobbled-together products

  • (04:40 ) - Colleen Schnettler: AI's limitations with integrated, systems level thinking

  • (05:22 ) - Historical parallel: the threat of open source alternatives

  • (06:12 ) - The Once.com experiment and self-hosting challenges

  • (07:40 ) - Problems with AI-generated code maintenance

  • (08:49 ) - Why great software requires human decision-making

  • (09:35 ) - AI's current limitations in end-to-end creation


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Are we screwed? Is AI going to kill software development as we know it?

Are we screwed? Is AI going to kill software development as we know it?

Justin Jackson