--- title: The AI Bubble is BURSTING… | daily.dev description: The AI hype cycle is cooling down as companies realize their massive investments haven't delivered the promised ROI. While AI tools remain useful for... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/4c3zqvdn4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The AI Bubble is BURSTING… | daily.dev og:description: The AI hype cycle is cooling down as companies realize their massive investments haven't delivered the promised ROI. While AI tools remain useful for... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/4c3zqvdn4 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/4C3ZQvdn4.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The AI Bubble is BURSTING… **[Szymon Omieciński](https://daily.dev/sources/g4zjecdkxrch6byvk1iyv)** · [@simon125q](https://daily.dev/simon125q) · 685 upvotes · 62 comments ## Summary The AI hype cycle is cooling down as companies realize their massive investments haven't delivered the promised ROI. While AI tools remain useful for productivity, they're brittle and require human oversight for the critical 10% that makes applications actually work. The current hiring slowdown for developers isn't due to AI replacement but rather the end of pandemic-era defensive hiring practices. AI should be viewed as a helpful tool rather than a job-replacing overlord. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@xidib78169** · 27 upvotes > This was a future I could easily imagine. Because managers always dump all the troublesome work on the devs. In other words, only devs can truly master AI. **@danylopopov** · 16 upvotes > Well as was predicted from the start.... Crypto hype cycle in different scenario. **@sonic66695** · 13 upvotes > Exactly. I can tell you that yes, I use AI but often I end up in a cycle that it will provide you some kind of answer, it looks like it works but then suddenly there is edge case that is not cover. Here comes the problem. I can't fix it because I don't fully understand the solution AI provided to me so I end up in a cycle of asking AI, copy & paste, testing and again. Very often I spent probably more time than understanding the problem and finding the solution myself. Then if there is a bug or any issue I already know how to fix that because I am familiar with the solution. > > SO yes, AI is... **@siddhantverma007** · 10 upvotes > Devs can be replaced. An **Engineer** cannot be replaced. **@prasoon81** · 6 upvotes > Insightful!! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/4c3zqvdn4) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/4c3zqvdn4","headline":"The AI Bubble is BURSTING…","text":"Shared: The AI Bubble is BURSTING…","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/4c3zqvdn4","datePublished":"2025-09-13T12:19:24.226Z","dateModified":"2025-09-13T12:20:34.726Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Szymon Omieciński","url":"https://daily.dev/simon125q","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--ZNKkeUvQ--/f_auto/v1762695887/avatars/avatar_g4ZJecDKXrCh6bYVK1iyV?_a=BAMAK+ZW0","description":"Student | Backend | Go | Python | Linux | NeoVim","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":25550}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--P4t4XyoV--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2001","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":685},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":62}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/zkUMaVJjL"},"comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"This was a future I could easily imagine. Because managers always dump all the troublesome work on the devs. In other words, only devs can truly master AI.","datePublished":"2025-09-17T00:46:28.876Z","dateModified":"2025-09-17T00:48:32.796Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/4C3ZQvdn4#c-TbqJmn2v2","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"test","url":"https://daily.dev/xidib78169","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--O0TOmw4y--/f_auto/v1715772965/public/noProfile"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":27}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Well as was predicted from the start… Crypto hype cycle in different scenario.","datePublished":"2025-09-15T09:39:02.765Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/4C3ZQvdn4#c-pEjlGSmXP","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Danylo Popov","url":"https://daily.dev/danylopopov","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocKekgXsBMtFmmODsNNbmNV4SufYf-D1DUXGc--mEOCbnkWy2pFy=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":16}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Exactly. I can tell you that yes, I use AI but often I end up in a cycle that it will provide you some kind of answer, it looks like it works but then suddenly there is edge case that is not cover. Here comes the problem. I can’t fix it because I don’t fully understand the solution AI provided to me so I end up in a cycle of asking AI, copy & paste, testing and again. Very often I spent probably more time than understanding the problem and finding the solution myself. Then if there is a bug or any issue I already know how to fix that because I am familiar with the solution.\nSO yes, AI is fine to give you some insight into you problem but even AI provided you a solution you have to read it and understand the problem so you can manage the fixes in the future yourself. AI is also great for learning and so on but thinking it will replace developer, engineers is just silly.","datePublished":"2025-09-18T07:56:37.317Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/4C3ZQvdn4#c-r1vPGN7Qe","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Tomas","url":"https://daily.dev/sonic66695","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--iahAjD88--/f_auto/v1715338867/avatars/avatar_eMNgnIOuAfHtRDwZZvbCc"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":13}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Devs can be replaced. An Engineer cannot be replaced.","datePublished":"2025-09-17T05:29:00.730Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/4C3ZQvdn4#c-raZ6Oupuq","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Siddhant Verma","url":"https://daily.dev/siddhantverma007","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--WhmCVc6J--/f_auto/v1775446018/avatars/avatar_WIS6XrKFJnard0thZlQJn?_a=BAMAMiWQ0"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":10}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Insightful!!","datePublished":"2025-09-15T07:14:43.024Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/4C3ZQvdn4#c-LR5g1Dt9G","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Prasoon","url":"https://daily.dev/prasoon81","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocK1aENj-97jFlapamddisX7zEP9xD7RX_MP_eznmapHnwOeIg=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":6}}],"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/g4zjecdkxrch6byvk1iyv","name":"Szymon Omieciński"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Szymon Omieciński","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/g4zjecdkxrch6byvk1iyv"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The AI Bubble is BURSTING…"}]} ```