The Future of Software Development is Software Developers (codemanship.wordpress.com)
from cm0002@lemy.lol to programming@programming.dev on 29 Dec 2025 22:15
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Valmond@lemmy.world on 29 Dec 2025 22:59 next collapse

Who would have thought. What’s next, teachers teaching? Painters painting?

setsubyou@lemmy.world on 29 Dec 2025 23:36 collapse

Well politicians doing politics isn’t getting us anywhere so I’m open to alternatives

coherent_domain@infosec.pub on 30 Dec 2025 01:21 next collapse

I heard somewhere people just elected a billionaire sex offender (in 2024), I imagine life must be swell over there.

Valmond@lemmy.world on 30 Dec 2025 09:22 next collapse

In the showbiz country? Or so I heard.

jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works on 30 Dec 2025 14:30 collapse

Well he promised to “run it like a business.” Unfortunately, most of his business experience is scams and running casinos into the ground.

onlinepersona@programming.dev on 30 Dec 2025 06:10 collapse

Dumb, ignorant people voting for dumb, ignorant people gets you dumb, ignorant people at the top. What a surprise!

If the well is full of shit, you’ll only be pulling shit to the top.

mysticpickle@lemmy.ca on 29 Dec 2025 23:30 next collapse

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melfie@lemy.lol on 30 Dec 2025 01:59 collapse

The article makes some salient points. The Jevons paradox makes sense, assuming AI does make software development more efficient. From my own experience, AI does bring a modest productivity boost when used correctly, though it takes a competent and experienced engineer to know how to create the correct feedback loops and properly review the generated code in order to create something that isn’t AI slop.

I also agree that the current job market isn’t due to AI, but instead other factors like irrationally exuberant tech hiring during the pandemic and high interest rates.

Personally, I consider AI to be a permanent part of my tool belt—something I don’t mind using when it’s the right tool for the job (and it isn’t always). To the author’s point, though, the current tech may in fact not be sustainable cost-wise. If employers actually had to pay the real price for the tooling that reflects all of trillions that went into to developing it, the costs of the data centers, etc., then it may cost so much to use it that the modest productivity gains won’t justify the price.