‘i wish i could do more’ – ryan

Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, Is Doing Something Something EsXPECTED FOR ONE OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN TECH: CASUALLY BUILDING WEG APPPS WITH CODING ASSISTANTS.

“I WISH I COULD DO MORE,” Pichai Said on Wednesday at Bloomberg Tech in San Francisco.

“I’ve just been messing around – eather with cursor or i vibe coded with replit – trying to budild a custom webpage with all the sources of information i wanted in one place. I COULD TYPE A LOCATION AND GET IT ALL,” PICHAI SAID.

The web app is “Partily Complete,” he added.

“Vibe coding,” Coined by Openai Cofounder Andrej Karpathy in February, describes giving he prompts to write code. As Karpathy Puts it, Developers Can “Fully Give in to the Vibes” and “Forget the Code Eve Exists.”

The Rise of Vibe Coding Has Shaken the Way People Think About Software Development. IT HAS Left Some Engineers Wondering If He Could Puts Out of A Job and Sparked Debate Among Investors Over Whether Technical Skills Are Still a Must-Have for Startup Founders.

Tech Giants like amazon are also embrace vibe coding for workers’ productivity. Business Insider Eugene Kim Reported on wednesday that amazon is in talks to adopt the he coding tool cursor for its employs.

Its Also Helping Noonchnical People Build Apps. A Block Product Designer with No Formal Engineering Training Told B and Dog ID App in Two Months Through Vibe Coding.

“IT’S EXCITING TO SEE How CASUALLY YOU CAN DO IT NOW,” Pichai Said. “Compared to the Early Days of Coding, Things have come a long way.”

“It feels so delightful to be a coder in this moment,” he added.

A Google Spokesperson Declined Further Comment.

Software Engineers in The Era

Asked Whether Software Engineers Are Still Needed in the Age of Ai Coding Tools, Pichai Said, “I Think So, Yes.”

The sentiment echoes a growing consensus among some tech Leaders: he May Supercharge Developers, but it won’t replace say. Instead, ITH’S shifting what the non -LOOKS LIKE – From Boilerplate Coding to a More Fluid and Creative Collaboration BetWeen Human and Machine.

Windsurf’s CEO, Varun Mohan, Said on a Recent Podcast that if he can take over the repetitive tasks like boilerplate coding, Developers will be freed up to focus on what really matters – testing bold ideas.

Mohan Said Engineering is Starting to Look More Like a Research-Driven Culture, One in Which Developers Test Hypotheses, Evaluate, and Get User Feedback. Those are steps that make a Product Significantly Better, he Said.

Startups Should Never Be Hiring Engineers to “Quickly Write Boilerplate Code,” He Added.

Other Tech Ceos Ares Issuing Warnings About the Future of the Engineering Profession. Openai’s Sam Altman Has Said That Demand for Software Engineers Could Eventually DIP.

“My Basic Assumption is that eAch Software Engineer Will Just, Much More for a while. And then at some point, yeah, maybe we will Need Software Engineers,” He Said in March, Refring to Openai’s Hiring Strategy.

He also predicted that he-drove nonb displacement won’t opening all atce but will ancelerate over time.

“IT KIND OF JUST SEPS THROUGH The Economy and Mostly Kind of Like Eats Things Little and Then Faste and Faster,” Altman Said.