Shayne Sweeney talking about future of AI-written software.
Picture software that crystallizes only when a user shows up, tuned to their request, then evaporates when no one needs it. No pre-compiled artifacts, no fixed language runtime, just live thoughts turning into running systems. In that world the concept of “code” dissolves into something closer to conversation history.
At that point, the most valuable programmers will be the ones who articulate problems clearly enough that the machine can solve them safely. Syntax will matter about as much as spark-plug gap settings matter to the driver who only presses “Start.”
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So keep your lint rules if they spark joy, but start practicing a different skill: explaining your intent so clearly that two billion transistors and a trillion-parameter model can’t possibly misunderstand you. The next diff you review may be measured in behaviors shipped, not lines changed. And that’s a future worth pressing “Start” for.