Former doomer dev: capable models now let him build '10x faster, 10x better'
bennash · x · 2026-09-28
A developer thread on AI and software jobs: MelkeyDev, citing @cramforce, argues software creation volume means engineering jobs will grow, not vanish. Open-source dev kenwheeler adds that after mourning his 'typey skill,' he found capable models let him build roughly 10x faster, better, and with more capability — a shift from doomerism to optimism.
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