[al_borland]

Where I work, things seem to take about 5-10 years longer than anyone plans.

Even if there are companies on the cutting edge of AI, there will always be those that take more time to adopt it. Others will never adopt it in any meaningful way, unless there is something affordable and off the shelf that can actually fulfill the business needs.

I’m going to remain highly skeptical of the promises of AI, until I see them actually come to fruition.

WYSIWYG HTML editors were supposed to be the end of needing web developers, now those are mostly gone, some template based services exist, and there are more web developers than ever.

Low-code was also supposed to be the end of needing developers, as anyone who knew the business requirements could plug some LEGO blocks together. That also seems to be dying, as the logic still needs to exist and that’s where people get lost, not to mention the lack of flexibility and customization than those systems can lead to.

Will AI replacing software engineers be any different? Only time will tell.