Today, in 2023, I am telling all of the software programmers out there that this is the transistor moment. Everything that you know about programming is now obsolete. A software tool can write functions and implement algorithms similar to, if not better than you. It’s time to rethink your future strategy about software development. In as short as 10 years we will see the fall of software programming and the rise of system-level programming. What new skills and knowledge have you and your team developed in order to better respond to these? I’ve started to encourage the team to train up on system design and architecture. I’ve also continued to further my own understanding of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms. This is the direction where software is going, and hopefully, I can direct the team towards that goal. Are there any specific emerging trends in the IT and software solution space that you find particularly exciting? Machine automation is coming back quickly. We saw this back in the early 90s but it died out fast without the necessary fast computing that it needed. Today we have faster processing and broad scaling of computing. The greater level of automation is exciting to me, but that’s because I like automating processes. This automation will lead to much less error in computing, business, management, etc. Do you have any projections for how this sector will develop in the latter half of 2023 and beyond? This year we will continue to see LLM-style learners (large language model) being applied to software development. We will see automated software static analysers that can accurately identify software vulnerabilities and suggest reasonable fixes. Humans will still be programming for the next 5 years, but today is the transistor moment. I had a conversation with Eneri, a dad on my daughter’s volleyball team. Eneri (Ed) is an industrial designer and a very good and successful one.Wewerewaiting for the next match to start and started talking about software and AI and ChatGPT, of course. So I shared with Ed my future prediction for software development. Everything that you know about programming is now obsolete. A software tool can write functions and implement algorithms similar to, if not better than you. It's time to rethink your future strategy about software development. In as short as 10 years we will see the fall of software programming and the rise of system-level programming. “ Jacob Anderson President & CEO at Beyond Ordinary Software Solutions 30
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