Are we screwed? Is AI going to kill software development as we know it?
Feb 12, 2025•11 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
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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