Last week Chris Paik published a Google Doc titled, The End of Software, where he articulates the lowering cost of software development and potential implications. He ends the piece with a provocative statement: "Majoring in computer science today will be like majoring in journalism in the late...
The Git-ification of the World — Tim Morrissey
Why AI conquered software first, and what that tells us about which industries are next.
The Next Two Years of Software Engineering
Exploring five critical questions shaping software engineering through 2026, with contrasting scenarios for each. These lenses help prepare for the evolving ...
The End of Software
To understand how software will change, we can benefit from studying how technology has changed other industries. History tends to rhyme, if you listen. Before the internet, media behaved very differently—it was expensive to create. You had to pay people to make content, edit it, and distribute ...
The New Software Lifecycle
I co-wrote a Google whitepaper about how AI is changing the software lifecycle. I'm not going to summarize the whole thing. Instead, here are the handful of ...
Death of a Software Developer
The software developer is a type of guy, and his decline will be cultural as well as economic
Death of a Software Developer
The software developer is a type of guy, and his decline will be cultural as well as economic
Death of a Software Developer
The software developer is a type of guy, and his decline will be cultural as well as economic
Roadmap: Open Source
After years of investing in open source software, we’re releasing our thinking on what positions these companies as emerging technology giants.
The 2026 Developer's Guide to Free Google Cloud Credits (For AI & Side Projects)
If you’re a beginner or developer who wants to pursue a career in AI in 2026, you can’t ignore the...
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In this essay, Carson Gross discusses his advice to young people interested in computer science worried about the future given the advancements in AI.
A small matter of programming: perspectives on end user computing
A Small Matter of Programming asks why it has been so d…
Presentations — Benedict Evans
Every year, I produce a big presentation exploring macro and strategic trends in the tech industry. New in May 2025, ‘AI eats the world’.
computational product market fit
‘computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.’ — edsger dijkstra
Google Cloud Next 2026: The End Of The AI Pilot Era
Google Cloud Next 2026 opened with Thomas Kurian declaring the end of the AI pilot era and Sundar Pichai comparing the enterprise refrain of last year (“Can we build an agent?”) to today’s: “How do we manage thousands of them?” Google Cloud Next ’26 answers the second question with a single product story: Gemini Enterprise […]
The third golden age of software engineering – thanks to AI, with Grady Booch
The future of programming and computing
Trends and adjacent possibles for the future of how computers are used and programmed
SaaS Isn’t Dead. Sameness Is. - The Phoenix Architecture
Codifying a ChatGPT workflow into a malleable GUI
MercuryOS
Telepath's Sensemaking Computer Upends Personal Computing
Vendo · Your product, shaped to every customer
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