skeptrune says agents will code desktop apps on request; zeeg says software complexity hasn't vanished
skeptrune · x · 2026-10-12
- The other side of the zeeg–skeptrune debate on whether AI makes everyone an engineer: skeptrune insists an agent 'will code the desktop application if the user asks it to,' while zeeg argues agents will instead lean on existing web APIs and command-line binaries rather than building giant apps users can't operate.
- zeeg's point: 'the complexity of software didn't just disappear no matter how much any of you want it to be so' — agents will reuse existing software for real tasks, not reimplement it.
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