I don’t want to describe what I want to a computer in plain English. I want to express it in a formalised language more akin to mathematics than prose. Unambiguous. Logical. Deterministic.

Even if describing it in English worked perfectly, and had no other downsides, I’d still hate it. Because I wouldn’t be making it, I’d be product managing it, & I *never* wanted to be a PM.

The whole point was to directly make things. To feel the digital clay in my hands. Being a supervisor is not enough.

The Flawed Ephemeral Software Hypothesis

Why software won't become disposable despite the rise of agentic AIs for coding

Andreas Kirsch—Research bio & blog
@BuschnicK a well written article - however even if software isn’t ephemeral, and code is still the primary artifact, the idea of manipulating it primarily through asking an agent to do the actual work it is not what I signed up for. I guess I’m probably done with the industry, or it’s done with me. I’ll still write code though
@sinbad same. Artist in the slop factory. Blood in the machine.