AI-Driven Development Series
Where Do We Go
From Here?
Strategic direction for an uncertain future
We've covered
a lot of ground.
Part 1
Why behavior matters
more than code.
Part 2
How to rebuild systems.
Part 3
How to think with AI.
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Where do we go
from here?
But first...
Let me be honest with you.
This might not be
the future.
Everything I've said
might end up as a footnote.
If this IS the direction...
Let me ask you
a question.
And then cooking
evolved from it?
So fire was invented
to serve it?
Option A
Technology push.
We build it. Then we find uses.
Option B
Demand pull.
The need exists. The tool fills it.
And the need for warmth,
protection, and nutrition
shaped how we used it.
The interaction
created civilization.
AI arrives from
research labs.
And our accumulated
complexity creates the pull.
Because it means this is
more durable than a fad.
And more inevitable
than an option.
We invest in this approach.
Technical debt becomes
irrelevant.
Rebuild faster
than patch.
New competitive dynamics.
That's the shape
of the bet.
If everyone can
generate code...
What's the competitive
advantage?
Companies that thought code
was their moat were
always wrong.
Things that
can't be generated.
Code just expresses
those things.
And expression can be
fast or slow.
Internal AI vs
External AI.
External AI
Products for customers.
Chatbots. Recommendations.
Internal AI
How we build.
How we think. How we work.
Most companies
focus on external.
Not everything should
be regenerated.
Some systems should
become engines.
Generic.
Config-driven.
Reusable.
The skill is knowing
which is which.
Remember the
paradigm shifts?
Then they became
invisible.
Just how things are done.
We don't have to believe
this is the destination.
Just that it's a
better direction.
I've been chasing that spark
for forty years.
That feeling from the 80s.
We don't have to believe
this is the destination.
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Just that it's a better
direction.
Thank you.
AI-Driven Development Series