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title: "An explosion of software is coming"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/an-explosion-of-software-is-coming-t7wx5esj4
source_url: https://www.infoworld.com/article/4180173/an-explosion-of-software-is-coming.html
type: article
source: "InfoWorld"
published: 2026-06-03T09:03:39.272Z
updated: 2026-06-03T09:05:20.695Z
tags: ["ai-coding", "ai-assisted-development"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
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# An explosion of software is coming

**[InfoWorld](https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A bullish prediction that agentic coding tools will trigger an explosion in software production across four waves: clearing existing backlogs, enabling companies without dev teams to build custom software via consultancies, empowering non-developers to build in-house, and ultimately spawning entirely new categories of software we can't yet imagine. The argument draws an analogy to Thomas Watson's underestimation of computer demand, suggesting we are at the very beginning of a massive expansion in software output.

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