software development

8 statements across 5 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Chris Wanstrath · across every show →

Everything said about software development, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Wanstrath: Developer capacity has replaced hardware as tech's primary constraint
“Now we're getting to a place where you can, on your phone, go get CPUs and bandwidth, and the real constraint is software, and really you can't order more software. What you have to do is Get more people to create software because it's all powered by humans, s…”
Chris Wanstrath Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 2:37 a16z Podcast | What Software Developers (and Therefore Every Company) Need
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Insight
Lawson: Building software is getting easier, but operating it is getting harder
“While building software is getting easier, operating it is getting harder.”
Jeff Lawson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 33:14 a16z Podcast | What Software Developers (and Therefore Every Company) Need
Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Lawson: Software projects should never take three years due to changing assumptions
“Nothing in software takes three years, right? Because you assume everything will be different three years from now.”
Jeff Lawson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 13:19 a16z Podcast | What Software Developers (and Therefore Every Company) Need
Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Humble: Phased software development fails when user needs are unpredictable
“When we're building products and services where particularly We don't know what customers actually want and what users actually want. It doesn't make sense to do that, because you'll build something that no one wants. You can't predict.”
Jez Humble Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:13 a16z Podcast | Feedback Loops -- Company Culture, Change, and DevOps
May 16, 2025 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Appenzeller: Novel coding lacking AI training data is only 0.01% of development
“I think the good news is that is 0.01% of all software development, right, for the, I don't know, you know, 100,000 ERP system implementation or so, right, that we have tons of training data, and I think these tools can be very, very powerful.”
Guido Appenzeller May 16, 2025 ▶ 17:15 Who's Coding Now? - AI and the Future of Software Development
May 16, 2025 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Appenzeller: System architecture will supersede low-level coding as AI advances
“Explaining the problem statement, explain the algorithmic foundations, explaining architecture, and explaining data flows getting more important, and the nitty gritty coding, you know, what's the most clever way to unrule a for loop That's a very specialized, …”
Guido Appenzeller May 16, 2025 ▶ 21:22 Who's Coding Now? - AI and the Future of Software Development
Nov 10, 2025 negative
Opinion
Truell: Software engineering remains far from full automation
“Despite the headlines, despite how much demand there is in this market, and how much software's changed over the last few years, it's so far away from being automated. It's so inefficient. Building software in a professional setting, especially with, you know,…”
Michael Truell Nov 10, 2025 ▶ 25:55 Michael Truell: How Cursor Builds at the Speed of AI
Mar 6, 2026 bullish
Insight
Cannon-Brookes: Software AI gains will increase output rather than cut headcount
“But then I have kind of output-constrained work, if I think about anything creative, marketing, I would argue software development, technology, where I can theoretically do an unlimited amount of tasks, right? I'm constrained by my creativity, if you like, and…”
Mike Cannon-Brookes Mar 6, 2026 ▶ 16:11 Atlassian CEO on the SaaS Apocalypse, AI Agents & What Comes Next
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