Saying that coding will be automated away first betrays a misunderstanding of software engineering, because coding is only a small part of the work.

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• Predicting that AI would write 90% of the code was never a prediction that we would need 90% fewer software engineers. DADario Amodei13 Feb 2026
• Programmers who loved the mechanical act of coding are under threat; those who wanted to build things are not. DHDavid Heinemeier Hansson26 Aug 2026
• Software development is separated from engineering by circumstance rather than essence, and most programmers could cross that gap without retraining. HWHillel Wayne18 Jan 2021
• Programming, not diagramming, is where an engineer actually learns, because code is the point at which you can no longer fool yourself about what you understand. KBKent Beck1 Jul 2026
• The prediction that 90% of code will be AI-written by the end of 2025 deserves skepticism, though manual programming may yet become a horse: ridden for love, not transport. DHDavid Heinemeier Hansson12 Jul 2025

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