AI Coding Transforms Software Development from Craft to Industrial Process
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Summary
The article explores how AI coding is transforming software development from a craft-based, skill-intensive practice into an industrial process characterized by cheaper, faster production that is increasingly disconnected from human expertise. The author discusses the implications of this shift, including how AI coding can be a trap for current practitioners by offering productivity gains that may ultimately undermine their value, and examines the broader transition of software development toward industrial-scale manufacturing paradigms.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledFor most of its history, software has been closer to craft than manufacture: costly, slow, and dominated by the need for skills and experience.
AI coding is changing that, by making available paths of production which are cheaper, faster, and increasingly disconnected from the expertise of humans.
I have written previously about how AI coding can be a trap for today's practitioners, offering productivity gains that may ultimately undermine their value.
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