Netlify CTO in 6-18 months: that vibe project that caused me to say writing code is no longer the job got so unmaintainable that I hired a team of 3 to take it over. They're rewriting it by hand because tokens are too expensive now. Nobody could have seen this coming
Netlify CTO Dana Lawson: Writing code is no longer the job
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Re: Netlify CTO Dana Lawson: Writing code is no longer the job
#22Being a Chief Technology Officer is no longer the job. We now need an end-to-end AI orchestrator for the corporation in the Chief Agentic Officer role. Dana Lawson is now obsolete and must be let go.
Human C-suites will continue to keep their jobs as long as other humans in similar positions continue to buy into their airy-fairy "strategy" stuff. ;)
The enormous question here is if AI works the way these people say then surely competing companies will emerge that are enormously smaller and more agile, thus eating their lunch completely.
The fact this doesn't appear to be happening suggests something different is in play.
Re: Netlify CTO Dana Lawson: Writing code is no longer the job
#23Netlify CTO in 6-18 months: that vibe project that caused me to say writing code is no longer the job got so unmaintainable that I hired a team of 3 to take it over. They're rewriting it by hand because tokens are too expensive now. Nobody could have seen this coming
> I hired a team of 3 to take it over
There are large areas of software where the quality of code is measured by the mental model of its human maintainers. For these areas, LLMs are a net negative because their use degrades the mental model of the human maintainers.
Re: Netlify CTO Dana Lawson: Writing code is no longer the job
#24Being a Chief Technology Officer is no longer the job. We now need an end-to-end AI orchestrator for the corporation in the Chief Agentic Officer role. Dana Lawson is now obsolete and must be let go.
They're only called CTO if they're from CTO region of France.
Otherwise it's just sparkling AI-Cheerleader.
Re: Netlify CTO Dana Lawson: Writing code is no longer the job
#25> a billion new applications written by 2029
So we will have a billion new hello world, stock checker, Calendar, Todo apps, and ...? Just because you have a way to write code fast, doesn't mean you are going to come up with billions of new ideas of what to do with that code, and to be mean about it, most people don't think they are creative enough to come up with ideas and are just fine watching sports all day on tv.
The apple app store currently has 2,362,917 (https://42matters.com/ios-apple-app-store-statistics-and-tre...) apps in the app store, and a lot of those are the same thing, so 0.236% of a billion.
but to be fair, with Cluade I've written at least 10 apps I use every day. If everyone in the world (8.3 billion people) would do this, then we might get close to that billion new apps.
Re: Netlify CTO Dana Lawson: Writing code is no longer the job
#26Being a Chief Technology Officer is no longer the job. We now need an end-to-end AI orchestrator for the corporation in the Chief Agentic Officer role. Dana Lawson is now obsolete and must be let go.
If a CTO said something in the woods, and no one re-posted it, are they still a CTO or just a crazy person screaming in the woods? By amplifying his message you are justifying his job, position, and standing.
This got me thinking on a new way to improve the news: Instead of reporting on the empty words people say, only report on what they have done, example:
a) Elon Musks says SpaceX is the best thing ever worth the most money ever because he is greatest person ever.
as opposed to:
b) SpaceX, run by Elon Musk, is currently Making $X per quarter, they do this by ......
Re: Netlify CTO Dana Lawson: Writing code is no longer the job
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Human C-suites will continue to keep their jobs as long as other humans in similar positions continue to buy into their airy-fairy "strategy" stuff. ;)
The enormous question here is if AI works the way these people say then surely competing companies will emerge that are enormously smaller and more agile, thus eating their lunch completely. The fact this doesn't appear to be happening suggests something different is in play.
Token generation speed is too slow for that to happen. One can’t easily replicate an enterprise.
Re: Netlify CTO Dana Lawson: Writing code is no longer the job
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
It sure is convenient AI isn't capable of doing the c-suite's job
The brutal reality being its probably most capable in that domain. They'll freely admit they're not "the never the smartest guy in the room" and their decision record proves it
The higher up the ladder, the more incompetent they become IMO.
If you're in the seat, no one will force you out. They'll leave, but they can't make you leave.
Re: Netlify CTO Dana Lawson: Writing code is no longer the job
#29I'm not even sure if I disagree with the conclusion, but I feel pretty safe disregarding the words spoken in front of a slide profoundly declaring "UX + DX = AX"
Re: Netlify CTO Dana Lawson: Writing code is no longer the job
#30Looking at Dana Lawson's career on linked in, it looks like they never spent time being an actual developer. Seems fitting that a completely out of touch elite in the US would make such statements.
Dont use the word 'elite' when describing people like this, it implies they are the best at something, which in my experience has never been the case, unless you count bullshitting and gaslighting.