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Thorsten Ball

What Thorsten Ball thinks about design

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

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  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 developmentx.com 2nd of 15 in this piece

  3. Our readingThe PM/Design/Eng triad will disappear as senseless, and Agile and SCRUM are dead.

    Their wordsThe triad of PM/Design/Eng will disappear. It does not make any bit of sense anymore. Agile, SCRUM, whatever -- dead.

    ↗What I believe about the future of software developmentx.com 8th of 15 in this piece

  5. Our readingThe difference between software engineering at large corporations and small ones will increase, and startups adopting Google practices will look sillier as they can build faster with fewer constraints.

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    Their wordsThe difference between software engineering at large corporations and small ones will increase. Start-ups adopting practices of Google will look even sillier than before, because they can now build so much faster and with so much less constraints.

    ↗What I believe about the future of software developmentx.com 10th of 15 in this piece

  7. Our readingMuch UI exists because software cannot understand user intent and serves as a human API to dumb machines, so smarter machines need far less UI.

    Their wordsA lot of UI exists because software can't understand what you want. Menus, settings screens, dashboards, filters: much of it is a human-accessible API to a dumb machine. Smart machines need much less UI.

    ↗What I believe about the future of software developmentx.com 14th of 15 in this piece