You cannot outsource understanding (opens in new tab)

>software development isn’t a service dependency — it’s the core act of learning and adapting in digital business.

I don't think that's entirely correct. Learning, understanding and adapting isn't the end product. A thing that meets a user need or business objective is.

That might need understanding as an intermediate step but that's not strictly speaking always necessary. If the LLM can puke out something that fulfills the need that's mission accomplished, skipped straight to end goal.

For better or worse we're now in a world where that works some of the time. And that's enough for companies to keep pushing this - try it everywhere, revert where it fails.

I periodically wonder why corps outsource functions like qa (toyota/Xerox certainly didn't do that in the 80s), harassment training (eg. having an outsider lawyer firm do it for you becauase HR wouldnt touch it), and other management functions like where to make cuts. The reasons ... well we know ... is to avoid accountability which says a lot ... I am reminded of the Basil Fawlty line to his wife: ah it must be tough to be you; your work is never fully delegated.

Outsourcing is still business as usual in 2025.

There is still no silver bullet.

Too many em dashes -> AI