Grady Booch rebuts 'end of programming' claim, calls debate irrational
Grady_Booch · x · 2026-08-26
Responding to Paul Dix's claim of the 'end of programming', software engineering veteran Grady Booch offered a sharp rebuttal. He criticized the lack of rationality and evidence in defending the position. Quoting HAL 9000, Booch dismissed the debate as serving no purpose, asserting that AI-generated code does not equate to the end of software engineering.
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