A world of rapid change…enabled by software is not one in which programmers will be idle

A great post by Guyren G Howe covering the optimistic case for AI supporting the development of more software, but also in what ways in might be very different, more personal software.

Seen via Mehmet Yilmaz Barbell of Software Value article, which I posted as well.

Lots of great quotes. Very much related to [[malleable software]].

It’s time to bring down the walls we calls “apps” and “websites” (and in some cases, “companies”, but we’ll get to that).

Non-programmers are grossly under-served by the software we have today. In the early days, we developed software that let non-programmers do computing. The spreadsheet was the first. Also the personal database.

Go write software that will let non-programmers do computing.

A big part of building bycycles for the mind will be making it much simpler and cheaper for people to deploy software, storage, and services. There should be quick, easy and basically free ways to stand up bespoke services that anyone can use.

The industry has favoured the industrial over the craftsmanlike for far too long. The opportunities to just actually start using the best ideas of the past, let alone inventing a few more, are endless.