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Laurie Voss says the cost of writing code has collapsed and the cost of reviewing, fixing and operating it is following, leaving software work focused on finding what people want and making it pleasant to use.

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“The cost of writing code collapsed, and the cost of reviewing, fixing and operating it is following, and I'm assuming it gets there. What's left of making software is finding out what people actually want, defining it precisely, and making it pleasant to use.”
Simon Willison's Weblog, 14 Sept 2026, 14:34.

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