I think we (developers) need to get over that. Code was always the means to an end, which is providing a product to solve a problem, not the end itself.
It isn't, no one is buying code on it's own - but it's a component of the product. I dislike the phrasing above since it assumes the two are distinct things.
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Do you think the product is not the code?
From a user perspective, yes. The product is what it does, not how it does it.
But for the person building the product it very much is how it does it.
I think we (developers) need to get over that. Code was always the means to an end, which is providing a product to solve a problem, not the end itself.
The code is still the means to the end. AIs still write code, that is compiled and deployed and operated in some manner.
It isn't, no one is buying code on it's own - but it's a component of the product. I dislike the phrasing above since it assumes the two are distinct things.
Honestly, it never was. Personal projects not withstanding, if there is a product that should always be the focus. Code is only a means to that.