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Are we screwed? Is AI going to kill software development as we know it?

Are we screwed? Is AI going to kill software development as we know it?

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The advent of AI coding assistance has introduced a wave of dread in the software development industry, exemplified by Chris Sacca's stark prediction that "we are super screwed" when it comes to traditional coding jobs.

But I'm not convinced.

  • (00:00) - Chris Sacca's dire prediction about AI replacing coding
  • (02:23) - Brian Casel: In the future, will everyone just use AI to build their own little apps?
  • (02:42) - Tyler King: Is this wave of AI hype similar to the no-code wave?
  • (03:22) - The limitations of cobbled-together products
  • (04:40) - Colleen Schnettler: AI's limitations with integrated, systems level thinking
  • (05:22) - Historical parallel: the threat of open source alternatives
  • (06:12) - The Once.com experiment and self-hosting challenges
  • (07:40) - Problems with AI-generated code maintenance
  • (08:49) - Why great software requires human decision-making
  • (09:35) - AI's current limitations in end-to-end creation

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