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A sweeping opinion piece arguing that AI coding agents have reached an inflection point in late 2025, triggering a 'Software Industrial Revolution' analogous to the 18th-century Industrial Revolution. The author draws parallels between the mechanization of textile production and the automation of software development, arguing that dramatically lower software production costs will: end the VC-driven monopoly era, democratize software creation for non-engineers (doctors, researchers, small businesses), and paradoxically increase demand for skilled software engineers who can operate at greater scale and ambition. The piece uses Epic's healthcare IT dominance as a case study of how high software costs entrench monopolies, and predicts that software abundance will disrupt every industry from healthcare to agriculture.

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Anja Petry

The Software Industrial Revolution

Just like the first Industrial Revolution, this will change the world in profound and unexpected ways.

<p>The Software Industrial Revolution

Just like the first Industrial Revolution, this will change the world in profound and unexpected ways.</p>

<p>This article reads like a MBA wet dream. No facts, just quoting AI boosters and taking it as gospel while addressing none of the problems that AI has with writing code</p>
