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Software engineering's outlook is bullish because easing software creation leads to exponential growth in software produced.

Addy predicts that AI will accelerate software creation, leading to more software being built and expanding the field. ✦ AI generated

Addy Osmani · The Pragmatic Engineer · 2026-08-19 · original ↗

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Addy is bullish about software engineering’s outlook. Every time the profession has made it easier to create software, we’ve created exponentially more software. Addy predicts the same will happen with AI, and that the total addressable market of people building software will get much bigger.

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A significant culture shift at Google has been VPs and SVPs coding on weekends due to AI tools making coding easier.Addy Osmani · The Pragmatic Engineer · conf 85%

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extends → AI can now do the work — not just store information — and that expands the market massively because software can charge for labor, not just for storage or payment processing.Alex Rampell (a16z) · a16z Podcast supports → Intelligence is the largest TAM in history, and the revenue growth of the frontier labs is unlike anything seen before—potentially going from $100B to $300B in a single year—because the technology touches every single person in every organization simultaneously.Brad Gerstner · All-In Podcast