Most “open source” AI drops are just marketing stunts now.
Meta drops a model with 50GB of weights and no infra. Google releases Gemma but rate limits the API.
It’s performative transparency. Real open source means anyone can run it, fork it, extend it.
And devs can feel the difference — we’re not stupid.
Tech layoffs aren’t a cycle — they’re a correction. Too many teams were built around ceremony, not outcomes. AI didn’t start it, but it’s accelerating it.
The harsh truth: you’re either compounding your value or slowly being automated out of relevance.
Learn to ship lean. Learn to think in systems. Learn to defend your role with impact, not just output.
Every major player — Apple, OpenAI, Google — is moving toward agentic experiences. You won’t “use” apps anymore. You’ll issue a task and trust your device to handle it.
That means the new battlefront isn’t UX. It’s orchestration.
Devs won’t build apps. They’ll build behaviors. Skills. Systems that delegate. Software will shift from tools to teammates. That’s not evolution — it’s redefinition.
The current tech market is too saturated with new devs who have little work ethic. Back in my day, we were in grad school, had a full time SWE job, and worked on a side startup all at the same time