AI is increasing the supply of software while reducing the demand for it
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AI has significantly simplified software development, enabling individuals to accomplish tasks that previously required a team. This has led to an explosion in the supply of applications, SaaS products, and small tools. The author questions if others are observing this trend, where AI simultaneously increases software supply and potentially reduces demand for human developers.
At least, that’s what it feels like to me.
In the last year or two, AI has made it dramatically easier to build software. One person can ship things that used to take a team, so the supply of apps, SaaS products and small tools is exploding.
But AI is also replacing some of the reasons we used those products in the first place. I can now ask an AI to do things I would previously have looked for a dedicated app or service for.
So I’m wondering if both things are happening at once: supply is going up while demand for individual software products is going down.
Are you seeing the same thing, or is there something I’m missing?