alt Hacker NewsIt's pretty clear that if AI delivers on its promise it'll decimate the income of all but the top 1% developers
Labor is worth less, capital and equity ownership make more or the same
It's pretty clear that if AI delivers on its promise it'll decimate the income of all but the top 1% developers
Labor is worth less, capital and equity ownership make more or the same
I don't think that's a forgone conclusion yet.
I continue to hope that we see the opposite effect: the drop of cost in software development drives massively increased demand for both software and our services.
I wrote about that here: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/8/llm-predictions-for-202...