Living with Coding AGI

I believe that coding has become automated and soon software engineering will be as well. As the models get better, so do the tools and environments that we use to work with them. Over the past year I've learned to use the saw and have found that it is my new favorite tool. I prototype across different branches to explore the problem space and then fold that context into a plan and go off to a meeting. I return with more context and several new ideas and the cycle continues.

We've entered a world where any piece of software is x prompts away. It has created a Bannister effect where once something is proven to be achievable, it becomes endlessly reproducible. Anyone can ship to production from marketers to designers, so taste and impact become the only barriers to getting code shipped.

It's a strange feeling because simultaneously my core skill has become more useful and useless. I know how to build high-quality software and architect creative and scalable systems, but I just don't know how much longer that will be valuable.

For now I'll keep trying to figure out where to put my hands as I hold this new tool.

-mello