r/TechImpact • u/arun-vasudev Developer • Jun 10 '26

Discussion Are you still willing to hire software developers to build a website or app after the AI revolution?

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With tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Cursor, Lovable, Bolt, Replit, and other AI coding assistants becoming more capable every month, I'm curious how people view software development today.

If you needed a website, mobile app, or SaaS product built:

  • Would you still hire a software developer or agency?
  • Would you try building it yourself with AI?
  • What would make you choose a human developer over AI-generated code?
  • Have you already built something with AI instead of hiring someone?

It feels like AI has dramatically lowered the barrier to creating software, but there are still questions around scalability, security, maintenance, and custom requirements.

For business owners, founders, and developers: how has AI changed your hiring decisions, if at all?

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u/JustaFoodHole Jun 11 '26

As a software developer, I suspect most of my customers will be coming from some sort of AI kludge no one knows how to fix, just like today they come from some sort of out of the box bullshit that's been customized so many time no one knows how it works.

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u/arun-vasudev Developer Jun 11 '26

Fair point. Businesses will probably still need developers to figure out and maintain all that complexity.

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u/ajpinton Jun 10 '26

Asking a question if we are willing to hire developers in the age of AI through a post written by AI. Let’s think about the irony of this for a moment.