In any case that doesn't help us the programmers. If HW gets better and better, software will get easier and easier to develop as it had been happening in the

In any case that doesn't help us the programmers. If HW gets better and better, software will get easier and easier to develop as it had been happening in the last decades. And masses will create application for themselves using the "So easy to use that your mom can build it" tools which they will consider "good enough". Think about the progression, assembly -> C/C++ -> PHP -> Ruby. Ruby wasn't a viable solution 10 years back because of its speed. But thanks to HW advances, now it’s good enough. Next extrapolate this trend. I shall stop here because the discussion will surely get depressing from here on. But if advancement in HW stops, programmers demand will slow down too, as all software libararies and applications for that target get written and optimized. It's a two way sword.