More and more software will be built by non-experts, software that has smaller user bases and simpler use cases and doesn't need to be maintained as much if at all. "Poor AI code quality" matters much less for these than for say, software written by developers at FAANG companies, since literally nobody will ever even look at the code.
Where we're headed is toward a world where a ton of software is ephemeral, apps literally created by AI out of thin air for a single use, and then gone.
Ephemeral in the same way the electrical wiring in an old house is ephemeral.
Which is to say, not at all.
Original wiring done by a professional, later changes by “vibe electrician” homeowners.
Every circuit might be a custom job, but they all accumulate into something a SWE calls “technical debt”.
Don’t like how the toaster and the microwave are on the same circuit even though they are in different parts of the kitchen? You’re lucky if you can even follow the wiring back to the circuit box to see how it was done. The electrical box is so much of a mess where would you even run a new circuit?
Then you may want to clarify what your phrasing meant because I couldn’t find a more charitable interpretation
More and more software will be built by non-experts, software that has smaller user bases and simpler use cases and doesn't need to be maintained as much if at all. "Poor AI code quality" matters much less for these than for say, software written by developers at FAANG companies, since literally nobody will ever even look at the code.
Where we're headed is toward a world where a ton of software is ephemeral, apps literally created by AI out of thin air for a single use, and then gone.
Ephemeral in the same way the electrical wiring in an old house is ephemeral.
Which is to say, not at all.
Original wiring done by a professional, later changes by “vibe electrician” homeowners.
Every circuit might be a custom job, but they all accumulate into something a SWE calls “technical debt”.
Don’t like how the toaster and the microwave are on the same circuit even though they are in different parts of the kitchen? You’re lucky if you can even follow the wiring back to the circuit box to see how it was done. The electrical box is so much of a mess where would you even run a new circuit?
That’s the future we’re looking at.
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