The Myth of Developer Obsolescence

From NoCode to AI-Assisted Every few years, a shiny new technology emerges that promises to make software developers obsolete. The headlines follow a predictable pattern: "The End of Coding," "Anyone Can Build Apps Now," or my personal favorite, "Why Your Five-Year-Old Will Be Programming Before Learning to Read." The executives get excited. The consultants circle like sharks. PowerPoint decks multiply. Budgets shift. And then reality sets in. What actually happens isn't replacement, it's transformation. Technologies that promised to eliminate the need for technical expertise end up creating entirely new specializations, often at higher salary points than before. The NoCode movement didn't eliminate developers; it created NoCode specialists and backend integrators. The cloud didn't eliminate system administrators; it transformed them into DevOps engineers at double the salary. Now we're witnessing the same pattern with AI-assisted development. The promise that "AI will write all y ... Read full article.