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I question how much code and what kind of code is actually going to be needed when the world is composed entirely of junior engineers who can write 100 LOC a second?

Will it just be these functional cores that are the product, and users will just use an LLM to mediate all interaction with it? The most complex stuff, the actual product, will be written by those skilled in mech suits, but what will it look like when it is written for a world where everyone else has a mech suit (albeit less capable) on too?

Think like your mother running a headless linux install with an LLM layer on top, and it being the least frustrating and most enjoyable computing experience she has ever had. I'm sure some are already thinking like this, and really it represents a massive paradigm shift in how software is written on the whole (and will ironically resemble the early days of programming).



I doubt it will come to that. Most interactions are always going to be much easier with a dedicated UI than with a chatbot. In fact, I can't think of anything I use regularly that I'd rather replace the UI with chat.


The UI will be a thin, flexible facade over a chatbot.




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