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AI has made simple software development so easy, and I'm worried for my job

I’ll be lying if I was saying that most of my job is cutting-edge innovating software development. I sometimes think I’m a bit more than a CRUD-monkey, and I think I’m fine with that. I use my brain for the complex stuff, but it’s nice to do something simple every now and then.

Seeing how much Claude Code and Codex do for me, though, is amazing and extremely worrying at the same time. My job is more than just CRUD, but seeing how far LLMs have gotten in the past 4 years worries me about where I’ll be in the next 4 years.

I think it’s finally time to get serious at learning to market and getting better at writing. If anyone can make a website, what do I really add? Maybe I know a bit about SEO, landing pages, and UI UX. But if I continue jacking off myself saying I’m a perfect jack of all trades, I’m probably gonna become irrelevant.