Rise of AI driven development

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Welcome to our latest newsletter! Today, we're diving into the exciting world of AI and its impact on software development.

The Rise of AI-Driven Development

Over the past month, we've been experimenting with a new approach to coding. Instead of writing code ourselves, we've been letting AI do 90% of the work. This shift from AI-assisted to AI-driven development has been eye-opening, and we believe it's just the beginning of a major transformation in our industry.

Our Top Predictions for AI in Software Engineering

We've compiled a list of ten predictions about how AI will change software engineering. Here are some of the highlights:

1. The Full-Stack Renaissance: We believe most engineers will become full-stack developers. AI's ability to provide basic proficiency in any language or technology will make it easier for developers to own features from top to bottom.

2. Product Engineers Take Center Stage: As AI reduces cognitive load, engineers will have more capacity to take on product responsibilities. We see product engineering as the future of software engineering.

3. Niche Languages Make a Comeback: AI will lower the barrier to entry for niche languages and tech stacks, leading to greater diversity in our development tools and improving the quality of our applications.

4. Fewer Dependencies: AI tends to write simple things from scratch, which could lead to a reduction in trivial package dependencies and potentially reduce maintenance issues and vulnerabilities.

The Future is Bright, But We Must Be Intentional

We're optimistic about AI's potential to improve how we write code and enhance the quality of our jobs. However, we believe this positive future won't happen automatically. We'll need to be intentional about creating workflows that leverage the best of both AI and human capabilities.

Embracing AI as Engineers

As we navigate this new landscape, it's crucial to approach AI in a way that benefits our skills and careers. We're exploring the best practices for integrating AI into our workflows and will be sharing our findings in future newsletters.

Few trending topics you should be aware of,

1. OpenAI: biggest-ever fundraise, as key people keep quitting. OpenAI raised a $6.6B in funding on a $157B valuation, making it the largest fundraiser ever. And yet, cofounders and executives continue to depart. This time it’s the CTO, Chief Research Officer, the VP of Research. Also, OpenAI will most likely finally become a for-profit.

2. Industry pulse. Microsoft won’t follow Amazon in 5-day RTO, Cloudflare auto-mitigates world-record DDoS attack, California nearly regulates AI companies, Revolut starts selling performance management framework as a product, and more.

3. Open source business model struggles: Wordpress. Automattic, creator of Wordpress, is being sued by one of the largest WordPress hosting providers. The conflict fits into a trend of billion-dollar companies struggling to effectively monetize open source, and are changing tactics to limit their competition and increase their revenue.