korrents
Thorsten Ball

What Thorsten Ball thinks about AI and human skill

@thorsten-ball · 70 positions · 2 changes of mind · On ppll ↗

Co-founder of Amp and co-host of the Raising an Agent podcast. Wrote Writing an Interpreter in Go.

Thorsten Ball did not write this page.

We collected these quotes from things they published elsewhere, and every quote links to where it was said. They have no account here and have not endorsed this site. Quotes are word for word; the short line under each one is our own restatement, not their wording. Their own site. Is this you? Claim it or ask us to remove it. Or tell us what is wrong here.

Filter AI and human skill · Newest first
Topic
All 70AI agents 13software quality 11LLMs 10developer tools 9coding agents 8simplicity 5agency 4design 4AI and human skill 3
24 more topics
AI and jobs 3innovation 3Ruby 3TypeScript 3vibe coding 3writing 3ambition 2optimism 2remote work 2software performance 2team size 2AI slop 1code generation 1compilers 1documentation 1Europe 1Google 1humility 1infrastructure 1MCP 1open source 1patience 1product management 1startups 1
Sort
NewestOldest

Only Thorsten Ball on AI and human skill. See everyone on AI and human skill

3 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Thorsten Ball has said — not written or endorsed by them.

3 positions so far — this page is not yet offered to search engines.

  1. Our readingThe craft of writing code will disappear, while the craft of building software becomes more important than ever.

    Their wordsThe craft of writing code will disappear. Yes, there are still Italian shoe makers around. But look at your feet. The craft of building software will be more important than ever.

    ↗What I believe about the future of software developmentthorstenball.com 2nd of 15 in this piece

  3. Our readingThe terminal is dead; most developer tooling including shells, text editors and CLIs will be washed away by tokens and no longer used by humans.

    Their wordsThe terminal is dead. Most developer tooling will be washed away by tokens. Shells, text editors, CLI tools won’t be used by humans anymore. There’s no need to know command line flags and jq invocations anymore.

    ↗What I believe about the future of software developmentthorstenball.com 6th of 15 in this piece

  5. Our readingThere is no proof good code will matter in the future, since the notion is based on human ease of use and humans will not modify most code.

    Their wordsThere’s no proof that “good code” will matter in the future. The notion of “good code” itself is mostly based on the idea that it’s easy/cheap/efficient for humans to work with. But humans won’t modify the majority of code.

    ↗What I believe about the future of software developmentthorstenball.com 11th of 15 in this piece