>Qt required special packaging skills to ship to the end user especially if third party libraries were involved

How outrageous to demand that a software developer possesses the 'special skills' to ship a Qt application. It's not surprising that people think AI is killing programmers when this is the level the average 'programmer' has been operating at for 15+ years.

Imagine going to a chef and he tells you he can only warm up microwave lasagna because cooking the steak correctly requires special skills. The special skills are your job

Probably an economical thing. If you have a much higher effort with packaging and testing vs coding the app logic.

If developers don't want to be replaced by AI they need to bring something to the table because employment is not a charity.