> I like your analysis but it seems to imply that at one point we can produce near-infinite amount of software and that this will be welcome.
It implies that there will be no need to share libraries (which is said including things like networked SaaS services). You can have your legions of machine developers create all the code you need.
Let's face it, sharing code sucks for a long list of reasons. We accept it because it is a significantly better value proposition than putting human labor into duplicating efforts, but if that effort diminishes to almost nothing, things start to change in a lot of cases. There are still obvious exceptions, of course. You probably couldn't throw your machine developers at building a Stripe clone. It's far more about human relationships than code. But bingo card creator?
It says nothing about creating software nobody wants or needs.
It implies that there will be no need to share libraries (which is said including things like networked SaaS services). You can have your legions of machine developers create all the code you need.
Let's face it, sharing code sucks for a long list of reasons. We accept it because it is a significantly better value proposition than putting human labor into duplicating efforts, but if that effort diminishes to almost nothing, things start to change in a lot of cases. There are still obvious exceptions, of course. You probably couldn't throw your machine developers at building a Stripe clone. It's far more about human relationships than code. But bingo card creator?
It says nothing about creating software nobody wants or needs.