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I don't doubt the first part, but how true is the second?

Is there a shortage of React apps out there that companies are desperate for?

I'm not having a go at you--this is a genuine inquiry.

How many average people are feeling like they're missing some software that they're able to prompt into existence?

I think if anything, the last few years have revealed the opposite, that there's a large/huge surplus of people in the greater software business at large that don't meet the demand when money isn't cheap.

I think anyone in the "average" range of skill looking for a job can attest to the difficulties in finding a new/any job.




I think there is plenty of demand for software but not enough economic incentive to fulfill every single demand. Even for the software that is being worked on, we are constantly prioritizing between the features we need or want, deciding whether to write our own vs modifying something open source etc etc. You can also look at stuff like electron apps which is a hack to reduce programmer dev time and time to market for cross platform apps. Ideally, you should be writing highly performant native apps for each.

IMO if coding models get good enough to replace devs, we will see an explosion of software before it flattens out.


There are lots of simple internal apps that are useful, also just the ability to script.

I have a friend in IT who never knew how to code but is now saving a lot of time every month with just basic scripts.


"Is there a shortage of React apps out there that companies are desperate for?"

tech always shortage because its a kitchen sink problem, corporation want to reduce headcount so it saves money in the long run




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