We Don't Need No More Developers

In 1949 they invented assembly, and programmers became unnecessary, code can be written with human letters...

In 1959 they invented Cobol, and programmers became unnecessary, you can write in almost plain English without knowing assembly.

In 1969 Dijkstra championed mathematical provability, and programmers became unnecessary — you can mathematically prove a program works, no complex development needed.

In the 1980s they invented CASE diagrams, and programmers became unnecessary, code is generated from diagrams.

In the 1990s they invented Visual Basic and Delphi - and programmers became unnecessary, just drag and drop components with your mouse and the program is ready.

In the 2000s they invented web frameworks, and programmers became unnecessary, the skeleton is there, you just need to write business code.

In the 2010s they invented clouds, auto-deploy, and microservices - programmers became unnecessary again: simple programs, but dozens of them, failing one by one.

In the 2020s they invented AI, and programmers became unnecessary.

Thanks for the idea, Stephan Schwab blog