What's gonna happen to software engineers?

# Summary The article explores the future of software developers in an AI era, distinguishing between two broad categories: those who code as a means to build things, and those who pursue coding as an end in itself. While the author remains optimistic that developers will gradually adapt into new roles rather than disappear entirely, he acknowledges that "means to an end" developers face particular challenges—they lose their competitive advantage as AI and no-code tools enable non-programmers to build software independently, eroding the need for coding skills as a prerequisite to creating products.