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That assumes a static demand for development services, which has, more or less, never happened since computing became a thing. Python, and other high level lan
by dghlsakjg 2y ago
That assumes a static demand for development services, which has, more or less, never happened since computing became a thing.
Python, and other high level languages made a lot of development much faster, but it never lead to reduced engineering needs. Cloud made deploying services massively easier, and as a result we actually have a lot more people working in infrastructure.
Faster development mostly leads to expanded economic viability for new types of software. The real question is what becomes economically feasible if development costs are halved.
- jetrink 2y agoJevon's Paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox "In 1865, the English economist William Stanley Jevons observed that technological improvements that increased the efficiency of coal use led to the increased consumption of coal in a wide range of industries. He argued that, contrary to common intuition, technological progress could not be relied upon to reduce fuel consumption."
- ModernMech 2y agoIt's the same reason widening the road doesn't lead to less traffic.