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The Future of Software Engineering

  • Language models currently outperform most humans in code generation.
    • This capability is projected to drive the cost of software development to zero.
  • The demand for human software engineers is expected to rise because software will increasingly underpin almost all industries.
  • The role of future human engineers will shift from direct coding to managing large teams of software-building agents.
  • Agents are projected to assume responsibility for specialized development tasks beyond coding, including:
    • Quality assurance (QA).
    • Deployment and operations (ops).
    • Compliance audits.
    • Translation.
  • The speaker seeks to fund startups that provide tools for generalist developers to coordinate large agent teams for high-volume software shipping.