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Vibe Coding2026-07-30 · source-backed
D. Richard Hipp, July 29: before SQL there were people whose entire job was generating software to query large data sets, and their job title was COBOL programmer. SQL didn't eliminate the programmer, it moved the work up a level. "That didn't mean programmers went away. It just meant the job changed a little bit." Coming from someone who has maintained one of the most widely deployed pieces of software on earth for over two decades, that's a more grounded prior than either the acceleration or extinction narrative, and it implies the thing to watch is which layer is being abstracted, not whether headcount survives.
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