The Future of Software, Part 2: When Software Recedes
manosaie · x · 2026-09-04
A longform essay revisiting the author's 2024 piece on AI collapsing the barrier to software creation. Written from first principles, it covers:
- The old-world market equilibrium of software: why it required expensive specialists and why VC was the right instrument, plus the two constraints AI attacks
- How the shift unfolds across the industry
- The author's stance that there are no truths in worldviews — only narratives you choose to believe and help realize
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