Developer sentiment
Do developers think software is solved?
Contributes to: Are fewer people needed?. Signal score: 7 / 100. Relative weight within this question: 1.
StatusSkeptical
Latest value7%
Observed trend
Share of sampled posts taking a side that say software is getting solved, per month, averaged across Hacker News and Bluesky. Each month rests on few posts, so expect noise.
Share of sampled posts taking a side that say software is getting solved, per month, averaged across Hacker News and Bluesky. Each month rests on few posts, so expect noise. · 2024-10 – 2026-10
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| Period / observation | Share of sampled posts taking a side that say software is getting solved, per month, averaged across Hacker News and Bluesky. Each month rests on few posts, so expect noise. |
|---|---|
| 2024-10 | 9 |
| 2024-11 | 17 |
| 2024-12 | 16 |
| 2025-01 | 17 |
| 2025-02 | 10 |
| 2025-03 | 0 |
| 2025-04 | 3 |
| 2025-05 | 11 |
| 2025-06 | 17 |
| 2025-07 | 3 |
| 2025-08 | 7 |
| 2025-09 | 0 |
| 2025-10 | 11 |
| 2025-11 | 4 |
| 2025-12 | 3 |
| 2026-01 | 3 |
| 2026-02 | 11 |
| 2026-03 | 8 |
| 2026-04 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 6 |
| 2026-06 | 15 |
| 2026-07 | 9 |
| 2026-08 | 9 |
| 2026-09 | 9 |
| 2026-10 | 13 |
What it measures
- Metric
- Sampled Hacker News comments and Bluesky posts taking a side that say it is getting solved, last 12 months
- Solved if
- Most developers who take a side say it is
- Signal score
- 7 / 100. 7% of sampled Hacker News and Bluesky posts taking a side say it is getting solved. How it is scored
- Status rule
- Skeptical when under half of the sampled comments taking a side say software is getting solved.
Two communities
Both samples are small, and most posts take no clear side, so read these as rough readings.
- Hacker News: 7% say it is getting solved, 13 comments against 162.
- Bluesky: 7% say it is getting solved, 13 posts against 176.
- In the 2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey, 84% use or plan to use AI tools, but more developers distrust their accuracy (46%) than trust it (33%). This does not affect the score.
Update history
The reading on each date we checked, separate from the historical observations above.
| Date | Value | Year over year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | 7% | — | Skeptical |
| 2026-11-01 | 7% | — | Skeptical |
Sources
| Source | Role | Measures | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky | Scored measurement | Stance in a sample of public posts | 2026-10 |
| Hacker News | Scored measurement | Stance in sampled comments, job posts and topic mentions | 2026-10 |
| Stack Overflow Developer Survey | Supporting context | Developer views on AI tools, 2025 | 2025 survey |