Finally, a good take on AI in software development!

(This post has originally been published on LinkedIn and has been cross-posted here for conservation and accessibility. It has been auto-translated from German and human-reviewed.)

Finally, an AI take I can agree with 100%! I’d love to quote the entire article, but here are the key takeaways (translated and thus paraphrased from the German article):

🧠 TL;DR:

1️⃣ “In the future, no one will need to write code. AI will handle all of that. […] Just learning to code isn’t enough. If you want to develop software, you need to master three core skills: listening, abstracting, and modeling.”

2️⃣ “[…] no one becomes a surgeon just because they know how to hold a scalpel. And no one becomes a composer just because they can use a sheet music app. Software engineering is no different.”

3️⃣ “Because this is exactly where the crux of the matter lies. If you define ‘programming’ as merely writing code (i.e., formulating functions, expressing conditions, setting up data structures), then yes: AI can already handle a massive chunk of this today. And this trend is only going to accelerate. However, if your definition of ‘programming’ is actually developing software—analyzing, structuring, and modeling problems to ultimately build a solution worthy of the name—then it quickly becomes clear: That is an entirely different discipline. And it won’t be easily automated anytime soon.”

👉 heise.de: Softwareentwicklung: Lern bloß nicht programmieren!

Kudos to Golo Roden 👏👏👏