[techblueberry]

There's this thing where all the thought leaders in software engineering ask "What will change about building about building a business when code is free" and while, there are some cool things, I've also thought, like it could have some pretty serious negative externalities? I think this question is going to become big everywhere - business, science, etc. which is like - Ok, you have all this stuff, but do is it valuable? Which of it actually takes away value?

[jimbokun]

I think about this more and more when I see people online about their "agents managing agents" producing...something...24/7/365.

Very rarely is there anything about WHAT these agents are producing and why it's important and valuable.

[2sk21]

Indeed - there is a lot of fake "productivity" going on with these swarms of agents

[SequoiaHope]

To be fair, the question “what will change” does not presume the changes will be positive. I think it’s the right question to ask, because change is coming whether we like it or not. While we do have agency, there are large forces at play which impact how certain things will play out.

[wmeredith]

The value is in the same place: solving people's problems.

Now that the code is cheaper (not free quite yet) skills further up the abstraction chain become more valuable.

Programming and design skills are less valuable. However, you still have to know what to build: product and UX skills are more valuable. You still have to know how to build it: software architect skills are more valuable.