I don't think we have enough data to see if it will reduce team size in the long run (can't believe I just said such an obvious thing). You may get a revolving

I don't think we have enough data to see if it will reduce team size in the long run (can't believe I just said such an obvious thing). You may get a revolving door, similar to what we've had in tech in the last decade. Developers come into a startup and cook up a greenfield project. Then they leave, and the company waits until the next feature/revamp to bring the next crop of developers in. There will be some attempt at making AI handle the maintenance of the code, but I suspect it will be a quagmire. Won't stop companies from trying though. Basically, you will have a dynamic team size, not necessarily a smaller team size. The "half-assed" part is most likely a by-product of my self-loathing. I suspect the better word would have been "human".