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🔥 2016: Developers are too expensive to waste time…
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Oct. 7, 2026, 6:06 p.m.
future of work
software development
Automated Testing
Developer roles
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The post reflects on the evolving roles of developers and automated testing over a decade, suggesting a future where developers will be needed to verify software manually as the cost of automation rises.
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