It’s not really about replacing software engineers. But about commodifying it. More software engineers (or roles responsible for code) that work for lower pay might be the trend. Or to maintain a high level of pay you wear many hats, including software.

>It’s not really about replacing software engineers. But about commodifying it.

AI's having the opposite effect; it multiplies the productiveness of skilled software engineers while simultaneously multiplying the destructiveness of bad ones. The engineer who can shepherd a handful or Claude/Codex instances around simultaneously without producing slop will be immensely better compensated then the engineer who just gives vague instructions to the AI, goes to get a coffee and hopes for the best.