> the loop might be intent -> build -> observe. But in reality, it's likely intent -> build -> realize the AI hallucinated an API that doesn't exist -> fix -> discover it broke something else -> fix -> realize the architecture doesn't fit a constraint you thought you had -> start over.
what people are betting on is that the latter reality will give way to the promised land of intent -> build -> observe. the prize for that is self-evidently enormous.
Sure, but the author is presenting it in the present tense ("I don't know anyone who writes code anymore") which isn't grounded in fact or reality, but wishful thinking about the future masquerading as current reality.
A more interesting take on this, in my mind, would be "The SDLC lifecycle has shifted away from engineers and toward product managers," but that's not the author's argument either. They're arguing that it's _dead_, which is clearly not the case.
what people are betting on is that the latter reality will give way to the promised land of intent -> build -> observe. the prize for that is self-evidently enormous.