SMRTR ProgrammingDec 29, 2025Hacker News

The Future of Software Development Is Software Developers

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A veteran programmer with 43 years of experience argues that AI won't replace developers, just like previous technologies that promised to end programming never did. He explains that the hard part of programming isn't writing code, but translating ambiguous human requirements into precise computational thinking—something AI can't reliably do.

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