--- title: Every software company will become a dev tools company description: Argues that as AI systems take over more of the actual code-writing, the role of software engineers will shift toward building and maintaining the machinery,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/every-software-company-will-become-a-dev-tools-company-bek9nkcaa twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Every software company will become a dev tools company | daily.dev og:description: Argues that as AI systems take over more of the actual code-writing, the role of software engineers will shift toward building and maintaining the machinery,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/every-software-company-will-become-a-dev-tools-company-bek9nkcaa og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/BeK9NkCAa.png og:image:alt: Every software company will become a dev tools company 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. # Every software company will become a dev tools company **[Antonija Bilić Arar](https://daily.dev/sources/ufvojapqsnbhu2ytg8ses)** · [@tonkkatonka](https://daily.dev/tonkkatonka) · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Argues that as AI systems take over more of the actual code-writing, the role of software engineers will shift toward building and maintaining the machinery, tooling, and infrastructure that lets AI write software effectively. The claim is that this shift will push every software company to essentially become a developer-tools company, focused on the platforms and workflows that enable machine-driven code generation. ## Content If most software will soon be built by machines, the job of software engineers will change: from writing software to building the machines that write it. 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