--- 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/lzs3i4kbi 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/lzs3i4kbi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/lZs3I4KbI.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… **[Nestjs Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/nestjsdevs)** · [@ezilemdodana](https://daily.dev/ezilemdodana) · 568 upvotes · 45 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. **@vagsig** · 60 upvotes > Finally someone said it! **@omtita** · 43 upvotes > Agreed! AI will be a tool that help outs the developers not replace them. Kind of like what IDEs did. **@jamesbhatta** · 15 upvotes > We definitely need AI alongside developers. But NFTs? I never had any hope in them. Honestly, I thought people were going mad with the hype around NFTs. **@pbergen** · 6 upvotes > This video brings it to the point! Use AI as side kick. Every time i see someone vibecoding an app and they have no clue what the ai is doing, i'm asking my self, how this shity apps can have users and make money **@shadeofcode** · 6 upvotes > Thank you guys so much for posting my video! ## 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 - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 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/lzs3i4kbi) ```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/lzs3i4kbi","headline":"The AI Bubble is BURSTING…","text":"Shared: The AI Bubble is BURSTING…","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/lzs3i4kbi","datePublished":"2025-09-22T10:53:38.014Z","dateModified":"2025-09-22T10:53:38.033Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Ezile Mdodana","url":"https://daily.dev/ezilemdodana","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--1OI8gwnO--/f_auto/v1771923757/avatars/avatar_7vB9SeLRKhOHGnzEpmFvQ?_a=BAMAMiiu0","description":"Software Project Lead sharing practical insights on NestJS, Angular, AWS and scalable systems.","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":8420}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--HRgLpUt6--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2003","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":568},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":45}],"sharedContent":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/zkUMaVJjL"},"comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Finally someone said it!","datePublished":"2025-09-22T11:51:01.636Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/lZs3I4KbI#c-oLLVQzwQX","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Vangelis Sigalas","url":"https://daily.dev/vagsig","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--lTSLLnch--/f_auto/v1751871971/avatars/avatar_rM1zzQ7Mb7LxpwCwE0KbE?_a=BAMClqZW0"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":60}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Agreed! 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