>>> Here's what the "AI will replace developers" crowd fundamentally misunderstands: code is not an asset—it's a liability. Every line must be maintained, debug

>>> Here's what the "AI will replace developers" crowd fundamentally misunderstands: code is not an asset—it's a liability. Every line must be maintained, debugged, secured, and eventually replaced. The real asset is the business capability that code enables. This could explain the cycle by itself. Dynamic equations often tend to oscillate. Anything that temporarily accelerates the production of code imposes a maintenance cost later on.