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Fast Software: More Programmers, Not Fewer (www.yegor256.com)
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Just like fast fashion replaced tailors with factory workers and machine operators, fast software will replace programmers with AI operators. And the market will demand many of them. Many more than large software companies employ today.

The new world will need more programmers (AI operators) than it needs now. Because the demand for custom software will soon start growing. Everyone will want their own Photoshop. Every developer will want their own IDE and their own Linux. And they will throw them away without hesitation. Just like I throw away my shoes every year and get new ones.

I share this here to see what are your thoughts on this.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I used to think this. When I was a teenager.

Now I'm pretty sure the fewer programmers you have, the better the program. Don't need to worry about stepping on toes or making sure your parts work with another person's parts if it's just 1 person doing the whole thing.

And if it's 1 person doing everything, not just programming, they also don't need to worry about some manager forcing them to a deadline or requesting ridiculous changes/additions.