I’m not a SWE.

But I look at software from the perspective of them as being objects.

Since it’s intangible people can’t see within. So something can look pretty even if underlying it all, it’s slop.

However, there is an implicit trade off - mounting slop makes you more vulnerable from a security standpoint, bugs etc which can destroy trust and experience of using the software. This can essentially put the life of a business at risk.

People aren’t thinking so much about that risk - because it hasn’t happened to anyone large substantially. What I think about is will slop just continue to mount unchecked? Or are people expecting there to be improvements that enable oneself to go back and clean up the slop with more powerful tooling?

If the latter does not come about, I think we will see more firms come under stress.

Overall though, I think too much focus is on the acceleration of output. I never think that’s the most important thing. It’s secondary to having a crystal clear vision. The problem is to have a clear vision requires doing a lot of grunt work - it trains and conditions your mind to think a particular kind of way.

It will be interesting to see how this all plays out.