Ryan Dahl built Node.js.
Now he says writing code is over.
When the engineer who helped define modern software says this, pay attention.
Not because coding is dead.
Because the ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ.
๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
๐๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ท๐ผ๐ฏ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ข๐น๐ฑ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น
Value lived in syntax.
Output was measured in lines of code.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น
Value lives in systems thinking.
Output is measured in correctness, resilience, and architecture.
You can already see this shift.
The meeting where no one debates the code.
They debate the ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐บ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
The ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ.
The ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ.
The code is already there.
The decision is not.
๐ฆ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น.
๐๐๐ฑ๐ด๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐.
๐ ๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ช๐๐ฌ
The future of software is not necessarily fewer engineers.
Itโs engineers operating at a higher level of consequence.
Teams that optimize for systems will compound.
Teams that optimize for syntax will stall.
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