[miki123211]

I think the next paradigm shift in programming is the shift from local to cloud IDEs.

I see a lot of backlash against that idea these days, but it seems inevitable.

I don't think we can predict the full consequences of that, but one I see already is massively lowering friction. If the cloud knows how to run your code anyway, there's no reason why the fork button couldn't immediately spin up a dev environment. No Docker, no hunting for dependencies, just one click, and you have the thing running.

The next generation of programmers (mostly young teenagers at this point) is often using repl.it apparently, and building cool stuff with it. This is definitely promising for this approach, as the old generation will pass away eventually.