The Future of Software, Part 2: When Software Recedes — five inflection points, four consequences
manosaie · x · 2026-09-05
PM Manosai publishes "The Future of Software, Part 2: When Software Recedes," a follow-up to his 2024 essay on AI collapsing the barrier to software creation. The piece maps five inflection points — ChatGPT, vibe coding and AI IDEs, models learning to think, the harness meeting the model, and the second constraint starting to break — then derives four consequences: how software gets built, which software survives, how capital reorganizes, and the new market equilibrium. Core thesis: more software, less time operating it, leaving room for higher-level thinking. He stresses there are no truths in worldviews, only narratives you choose to believe and help realize.
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