AI isn't killing developer jobs — it's killing the software backlog
kevinsurace · x · 2026-09-12
Kevin Surace shared an article titled "AI Isn't Killing Developer Jobs. It's Killing the Backlog."
- Software teams have always had more demand than capacity, leaving long backlogs of shelved projects
- As AI coding tools boost individual output, the backlog shrinks — not headcount
- The piece pushes back on the simple "AI replaces programmers" narrative: the bottleneck was always capacity, not desire
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