[HN] Ask HN: What's your favorite "what would SWEs do in 1-3 year from now?"

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The news snippet highlights the rapid development of LLM-driven tools like Claude Code and Codex by companies such as Anthropic and OpenAI. These advancements are occurring at an unprecedented rate, aiming to automate and potentially replace significant portions of software engineering labor within the next 1-3 years. This development suggests a fundamental reordering of SWE roles and responsibilities, prompting discussions on how the profession will adapt to these technological upheavals.

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