There is something to be said for how the technology stack keeps growing for businesses and what this might mean for the future.

Thirty years ago, you had an OS and you installed applications. No problem.

Later, you had to build and use apps on the internet, an infrastructure that is susceptible to DDOS attacks, government firewalls, and other security risks. Still fine, sort of.

Now, you not only have to build apps on the internet, you also have use LLMs to build apps to remain competitive with other developers. Future (human) maintainers of your code might not properly understand how it works, and if the providers of the LLMs screw up or go rogue, you are properly fucked.

There is a dependency/technology stack debt that is creating risks that need to be acknowledged.

I'm not sure if I'd want to code without an LLM anymore. That said, there will always be open models.

Wait a second kiddo, I expect to live longer than that.

I don't plan on using LLMs for programming any time soon.

And I know like one guy who does use them. He's not a developer by trade, he just has to write programs sometimes.

As long as I'm alive (and not senile) there will always be at least one developer who can code

I'm not using AI coding tools yet, and even if they force me at gunpoint to use them at work no one can force me to in my spare time

I'm not too worried about the case where no one can code anymore because that will be after I'm dead

Me?