# Normware: The Decline of Software Engineering

DevFeed: [Normware: The Decline of Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/normware-the-decline-of-software-engineering-33450.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://timkellogg.me/blog/2025/01/02/normware>)

Published: 2025-01-02T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Tim Kellogg](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tim-kellogg.md>)

Topics: [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [ai-coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-coding.md>), [No-code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/no-code.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-coding.md>), [amazon](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/amazon.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [no-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/no-code.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [software-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-engineering.md>)

## AI overview

The author argues that AI and no-code tools may enable non-engineers to create software for their own needs, potentially changing the role and perceived value of software engineers. The article also discusses why software engineering remains important for scaling projects and distributing software.

## Source excerpt

There's a common refrain that "AI won't replace software engineers", often with the resolution, "you'll be replaced by software engineers that use AI", implying that AI will be used to make software engineers more productive and efficient. I argue that software engineers will be replaced by normies, non-engineers (accountants, lawyers, etc.) that are empowered to create their own software to solve their own problems.