Software Survival 3.0
2026-01-31
The article proposes a selection framework for which software will survive in a world where AI can write most code: software that saves more cognitive effort than it costs to discover and use will endure, a concept Yegge calls "Squirrel Selection." The practical advice for builders is to create tools with genuine "insight compression" -- holding unique data or logic that agents cannot easily replicate -- as the only durable moat against AI-driven commoditisation of software.
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