A 1982 book predicted 'application development without programmers' — and it reads like today's AI debate
ZeeshanZiaML · x · 2026-09-25
GergelyOrosz quotes James Martin's 1982 book Application Development Without Programmers: "Most computers in the future must be put to work at least in part without programmers. Not surprisingly, programmers will instinctively resist methods described in this book." The quote strikingly mirrors today's AI coding wave and the same developer resistance, 40+ years later.
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