Is Software Development Dead?

> What is a software company worth, if its product can be rebuilt over a weekend?

Has this not been true since forever? I remember in college creating clones of twitter.

I have been part of vendor discussions at my company where the question is "why don't we just build this in house?". The answer to that question is: we don't want to own this, and all the complications that come with owning it. Uptime? Cost? Responsibility? No thank you.

It's why I can technically make a nice table right now in my garage, but I'm going to buy one from a reputable seller instead.

They better plan for fewer well-paid customers if they’re eliminating developers. AI doesn’t pay for things, and we’re in a consumer economy that lives on customers.