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points by ls612 6 hours ago | 0 comments

The lump of labor fallacy is a fallacy not real. Phrased another way, demand for software is more or less infinite so if coding agents make everyone a 10x engineer eventually we will easily find use for 10x more software.

[–] abejfehr 4 hours ago

How? Isn’t there a finite number of people and a finite amount of time to interact with software?

[–] ls612 3 hours ago

You underestimate just how much software humans can interact with in any given second. ;)

[–] upboundspiral 1 hour ago

Ah, so this one of the reasons why in 2026 every single app / software suite / et al takes 2+ seconds to load, is slow and buggy, and overall a pain to use.

Since software is in some ways information + machine a near infinite amount can be created. I'm not sure I want to live in that world.

[–] abejfehr 3 hours ago

Sure, but that’s not infinite. It’s always a zero sum game: if someone is playing my game then they're not playing yours (even if someone else might be)

[–] rationalist 6 hours ago

> demand for software is more or less infinite so if coding agents make everyone a 10x engineer eventually we will easily find use for 10x more software.

That will probably be true.