[bluefirebrand]

Demand does not always boom this way

AI companies are positioning themselves as "the everything machine"

The vast majority of software written today is "capture data -> transform data (optional) -> display data nicely formatted and easily accessible"

If an AI can wire into your database to retrieve the data in the format you want, then a bunch of the job is done

If the AI can also be made to present a form to users to capture the data in the first place, then almost all of the job is done

These are huge IFs. I remain skeptical that we'll reach this level soon. But if we do, the software industry is gonna tank

The AI industry will grow. Maybe.

[AstroBen]

These basic CRUD apps are solved with no-code tools today aren't they? Why do we need AI for that

'the everything machine' is pure fantasy and hype

[bluefirebrand]

No they aren't solved by No-Code tools. No-Code tools have become "Don't write code, just write endless configuration. And then when it doesn't do what you want, write code anyways"

Except now your code starting point is an absolute mess under the hood so it's a complete crapshoot to build out anything meaningful

[hooverd]

So true. No-code tools splatter your code, your business logic, across a thousand windows and forms.

[heldrida]

That’s a fair hypothesis.

Software as we know it, will disappear.