--- title: Developers Are Transitioning | daily.dev description: A veteran developer with 30 years of experience argues that the role of software developers is shifting rather than disappearing. While coding remains... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/developers-are-transitioning-rrhr1luku twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Developers Are Transitioning | daily.dev og:description: A veteran developer with 30 years of experience argues that the role of software developers is shifting rather than disappearing. While coding remains... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/developers-are-transitioning-rrhr1luku og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rRhR1lUKu.png og:image:alt: Developers Are Transitioning 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. # Developers Are Transitioning **[Stefan Mischook](https://daily.dev/sources/stefanmischook)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A veteran developer with 30 years of experience argues that the role of software developers is shifting rather than disappearing. While coding remains necessary, developers will increasingly focus on higher-level concerns: AI orchestration, architectural decisions, framework selection, and system-level thinking. The post draws a historical parallel — from hand-coded apps to libraries, frameworks, and higher-level languages — positioning AI as simply the next step in a long trend of abstraction. Relational databases are highlighted as a foundational skill that remains critical. Claude's visual UI builder is briefly critiqued as producing templated, recognizable outputs, compared to VB6's drag-and-drop uniformity. The content is partially promotional, plugging a mentoring program at unclestef.com. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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