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The Evolution of Software Development: From Machine Code to AI Orchestration
Major tech companies now generate 30% of code with AI. Explore the dramatic shift from manual coding to AI orchestration—and why the next 3 years will transform who can build software.
Services like AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure turned infrastructure into code, while thousands of APIs provided ready-made functionality for everything from payment processing to machine learning. The future software engineer will be less like a craftsperson meticulously carving code and more like an architect designing blueprints, a conductor orchestrating various AI agents, and a quality assurance expert ensuring everything meets standards. Just as the shift from assembly to high-level languages didn't eliminate programmers but enabled them to build more ambitious projects, the AI revolution will amplify human creativity rather than replace it.
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