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So much of the world of software development is building variations of custom CRUD applications that take user input, store it and then present it back to the user in various ways allowing them to read, update or delete it.
On top of this is often a layer of other features such as workflow management, notifications etc.
How do you believe this type of software development will be impacted by the advancements in AI in general and LLMs in particular?
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It will be a commodity. Retool is already doing this anyways
So basically a parking app that save you a spot, aka low hanging fruit now, sure the ai stuff will eat that market, but want something like Carrot Weather, ToDoist, etc you are going to need someone to build it.
I doubt it will be business/stakeholder people interacting with the AI. It could potentially be business analysts but I doubt they'll want to. It would be an addition to their current job.
That leaves the software engineers. Maybe a lot of software engineers will turn into _solution_ engineers or _product_ engineers. Their job will be to create the solution/product even if they're not writing code.
In my experience, CRUD apps are complicated with business requirements and therefore bespoke business logic. AI will definitely assist with getting apps up and running but there will still need to be someone who takes the requirements, turns it into a functional product, updates it, maintains it and owns it. I doubt it will be business/stakeholder people interacting with the AI. It could potentially be business analy…
Remember, this isn't actually AI, it's machine learning, and the learning part is a misnomer.
In my experience, CRUD apps are complicated with business requirements and therefore bespoke business logic. AI will definitely assist with getting apps up and running but there will still need to be someone who takes the requirements, turns it into a functional product, updates it, maintains it and owns it. I doubt it will be business/stakeholder people interacting with the AI. It could potentially be business analy…
Often the business requirements are non-sensical, contradicting, or pointless. Someone has to actually figure out what they mean without pissing off steakholders. Remember, this isn't actually AI, it's machine learning, and the learning part is a misnomer.
That reminded me very much of this skit "The Expert". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKorP55Aqvg&ab_channel=Lauri...
Maybe the next generation of text AI models will do it :p
I honestly have no idea what next-generation LLM performance will look like, but it could _possibly_ be used to generate entire simple CRUD apps.
In the long term this is a bit like asking how ICBMs will affect fortress wall construction.