Dev Tools · 2h ago
AI Coding Tools Will Compress the Developer Middle Market
AI-assisted coding commoditizes implementation work, hitting junior-to-mid developers who build CRUD apps and simple integrations. The high end—architecture, judgment, security—remains scarce and valuable. The middle will either climb to that high end or exit, mirroring photography's market compression.
Meridian48 take
The piece correctly warns that 'learn to think better' doesn't save the middle; it just moves people out of it, and the high end can't absorb everyone.
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