>every "no-code will replace developers" wave actually creates more developer jobs, not fewer

you mean "created", past tense. You're basically arguing it's impossible for technical improvements to reduce the number of programmers in the world, ever. The idea that only humans will ever be able to debug code or interpret non-technical user needs seems questionable to me.

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groundzeros2015 7 hours ago | parent [-]

This doesn’t seem immediately false. Industrial society creates more complexity and specializations. There is more work to do all the time.

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Retric 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Actual AI seems like a possibility here.

Also the percentage of adults working has been dropping for a while. Retired used to be a tiny fraction of the population that’s no longer the case, people spend more time being educated or in prison etc.

Overall people are seeing a higher standard of living while doing less work.

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groundzeros2015 5 hours ago | parent [-]

> Also the percentage of adults working has been dropping for a while.

There are lots of negative reasons for this that aren’t efficiency. Aging demographics. Poor education. Increasing complexity leaves people behind.

	▲	Retric 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Efficiency is why things continue to work as fewer people work. Social programs, bank account, etc are just an abstraction you need a surplus or the only thing that changes is who starves.