Anthropic’s CEO has said that in three to six months, AI will be writing 90% of the code that software developers are in charge of. Keep in mind, he said this in March.
While the timeline may be fantasy, the reality is that AI is changing what development looks like and it may shift how development divides work as well — merging the frontend and backend, and possibly creating other shifts in how we think about who does what in IT.
For example, recently I asked a frontend-turned-backend developer if he used AI. Absolutely, he said — in…