People are underestimating what will happen to software as a result of AI. Most are focused on how it'll make creating software incrementally easier, faster, cheaper. Few are discussing just how vast the universe of software becomes when this happens. We will have 100x more software (at a minimum!) as a result of AI. There will be a gigantic long tail of every type of application you could ever imagine. Most will have few users, if any. But a lot of it will be super niche and customized to very specific use cases. Some huge hits will break out. People who make software (without ever actually knowing how to code) will emerge as "creators". Most of these people will be dismissed by purists for not making "real software". And some of these people will become very wealthy. And an entire ecosystem will spring up around it. Marketplaces, tools, entertainment, media, etc. The same thing that has happened to every other form of media is about to happen to software. It'll look like a joke at first. But then it will be far too big to ignore.

People are underestimating what will happen to software as a result of AI. Most are focused on how it'll make creating software incrementally easier, faster, cheaper. Few are discussing just how vast the universe of software becomes when this happens. We will have 100x more software (at a minimum!) as a result of AI. There will be a gigantic long tail of every type of application you could ever imagine. Most will have few users, if any. But a lot of it will be super niche and customized to very specific use cases. Some huge hits will break out. People who make software (without ever actually knowing how to code) will emerge as "creators". Most of these people will be dismissed by purists for not making "real software". And some of these people will become very wealthy. And an entire ecosystem will spring up around it. Marketplaces, tools, entertainment, media, etc. The same thing that has happened to every other form of media is about to happen to software. It'll look like a joke at first. But then it will be far too big to ignore.