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The Future of Software Engineering Is Here but Not Evenly Distributed (Updated)

The article discusses how advancements in software engineering, particularly AI-assisted coding tools, are transforming development but are not yet accessible to everyone. While some engineers benefit from productivity gains, the distribution of these innovations remains uneven across the industry.

Background

- Jeremy Mugan is a software engineer and technology commentator known for sharing observations about the software industry's trends and tooling. - This post is a play on William Gibson's famous quote "The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed," applying it to the rapidly evolving state of software engineering. - The original tweet gained attention as part of ongoing discussions about how AI coding assistants (like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Claude) are transforming developer workflows, though only a subset of engineers have fully adopted them. - "Updated" in the title suggests Mugan later added commentary or links to the original post, a common pattern for Twitter/X threads that expand on a short initial observation.

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