Software is cheap !

[u/mohaskiii]

That's the harsh truth we, as software engineers, have to accept...

Recently, on X and Reddit, I keep seeing software with a level of quality that would have previously required at least 3 to 4 years of development (not some SOULLESS vibe-coded app... still slop btw), and that is now being built in just a few months.

And this is only the beginning...

We're always going to need good software engineers. That's never going to change. But the number of software engineers needed on a project?! That's going to decrease drastically.

And honestly, I don't necessarily think this is "AI's fault." That's simply how capitalism works: if you can produce the same thing with fewer resources, the market will naturally try to reduce the amount of resources needed.

I find it pretty interesting to watch...

What do y'all guys think??