The 'developer replacement' hype cycle (News)

开发者替代热潮周期(新闻)

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2025-06-03

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We're doing a live show in Denver this July, Danilo Alonso has seen the 'developer replacement' hype cycle many times, Dan Sinker says we're in the Who Cares Era, Cap looks like a solid alternative to typical CAPTCHA solutions, Michael Flarup on the return of texture, depth, and expressiveness in UI & Kan is an open source alternative to Trello.
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  • What up, nerds?

  • I'm Jared, and this is Changelog News for the week of Monday, June 2nd, 2025.

  • Question, what are you up to at the end of July?

  • Hopefully,

  • you're up for joining us in Denver for a live show on stage at the Oriental Theater.

  • We'll be kaisening, we'll be launching Pipely, we'll be doing all kinds of stuff.

  • Learn all about it, following the link in the newsletter, and get your tickets quick.

  • There's only 100 seats available.

  • Okay, let's get into this week's news.

  • The recurring cycle of developer replacement hype.

  • Danilo Alonso has seen it all before.

  • Every few years,

  • a shiny new technology emerges that promises to make software developers obsolete.

  • The headlines follow a predictable pattern, the end of coding, anyone can build apps now,

  • or my personal favorite,

  • why your five-year-old will be programming before learning to read.

  • The executives get excited, the consultants circle like sharks,

  • PowerPoint decks multiply, budgets shift, and then reality sets in.

  • End quote.

  • In this post,