Blake Watson on the state of the industry (#note)

Here's Blake sharing his feelings about AI, software development and where we're all heading. He wrote the article that's been on my TODO list for a while. Let me comment on some highlights. I feel like I will be able to build things I never have been able to before, but at the same time, I have heightened fears about being replaceable or less valuable in my job. If all I’m doing is prompting an AI bot, why am I being paid so much? 100% this. I'm scared and worried that the skills I put so much time into building are worth nothing. I used to be proud of my deep platform knowledge. Turns out Claude knows more. And on a bigger scale, "personal software" is really happening. My friends are building browser extensions and websites for their fantasy football leagues. They don't care about quality as long as it gets the job done. Occasionally they ask me things about the DOOM (DOM), which is funny and scary at the same time. When does software need a person who knows what they're doing? I…