A simple look at how AI is changing software and why human-made code may one day become something rare and valuable, like handmade goods in a factory world.
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It is amazing to see what AI can do today. It can write stories, draw pictures, and now it can also write computer code. This is important because it means making an app or a website is becoming faster and cheaper. Something that once took months can now take days.
In many ways, AI will become like a giant factory for software. Long ago, factories made clothes and furniture cheap enough for everyone to buy. In the same way, AI will make technology easier for more people to use and build. That is a good thing for the world.
But when everything starts coming from a factory, something interesting usually happens. People start to miss the things made by hand.
Think about bread. You can buy a loaf at the supermarket for very little money. It is made by machines in a big building, and it tastes fine. But sometimes you choose a small local bakery instead. The baker wakes up early, mixes the dough by hand, and puts care into every loaf. You pay more, not just for the bread, but for the human effort behind it.
I think the same thing may happen with software.
Today, most software is still written by people. But as AI starts doing more of the work, software that is written fully by humans may become rare. One day, we might see labels like 100% “Hand-Coded by Humans” or “Non-AI Generated” on certain apps.
These would not be huge systems that run the whole world. They would be small apps, tools, games, or personal projects. Things made by individuals or small teams who care deeply about what they are building.
If AI software becomes the industrial product, then human-made software becomes the handcrafted version. There are a few reasons why people might care about that.
When a person writes every line of code, they are often solving a problem they faced themselves. There is a reason and a story behind the app. People like knowing who made the things they use. They like supporting real people, not just systems.
A good programmer takes pride in clean and thoughtful code. Just like a carpenter or a potter, they shape something with skill and patience. For some users, knowing that a human carefully designed the software makes it feel more personal and meaningful.
Some people will choose human-made software to support the skill of programming itself. Just like buying handmade clothes or art, it is a way of saying that human talent still matters, even in a world full of machines.
This does not mean AI software is bad. It is not. AI will be the backbone of many important tools. It will help doctors, teachers, businesses, and everyday people solve big problems faster than ever before. It will make life easier in many ways.
But just because we have cars does not mean people stopped riding horses and bicycles. There is room for both.
In the future, I imagine an app store where some apps have a small seal or badge. That badge tells you a real person sat at a desk, thought about the user, and wrote the logic step by step. It is not better or worse. It is simply different.
It may become the “organic” label of the digital world.
And when everything is easy to make, maybe the things we value most will be the ones made with care.
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