Why We Need Human Developers
ComputerWorld, Monday, October 6th, 2025
Your weekly round-up of the questions asked by readers of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World explains why humans remain crucial to critical software projects; how AI investments are being funded by layoffs; and why AI infrastructure is so expensive.
Why human developers are crucial for software projects
This week, we are probing the secondary impacts of the age of AI, what it means for skilled human practitioners, and the infrastructure needed to support AI projects.
Vibe coding is the next evolutionary step in the way generative AI (genAI) is affecting coding and the software development lifecycle. AI-assisted development lets a developer or less technical builder develop full-stack applications using an iterative series of AI prompts to establish and then improve an application's design.