mheadd (@mheadd@mastodon.social)
The cost of generating software code is collapsing, and governments aren’t ready yet for what that means.
https://civic.io/2026/01/29/the-collapsing-cost-of-software-development/
#AI #ChatGPT #Claude #CivicTech #SoftwareDevelopment
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2026 (@2026@civic.io)
The Collapsing Cost of Software Development
The cost of generating software code is collapsing, and governments aren’t ready for what that means
If I could single out one trend from the past twelve months in software development for people in government to watch closely, it would be this.
AI coding assistants have reached a level of maturity that makes them a genuinely viable tool for developing and managing software systems – even large and complex ones.
Things are changing very fast, and it’s easy to get lost in the details, the lingo, and the hype. But the bottom line is really straightforward. AI tools are getting dramatically better at producing quality code, and software teams are gaining far greater control over that output. The cost of generating code is falling, and this trend is very likely to continue apace.
This matters for government because so many of the problems governments face with digital solutions trace back to how expensive software has been to build and maintain. That high cost is why legacy systems stay in service for decades. It shapes how governments recruit for technical roles. It drives how agencies structure contracts and write solicitations. It’s baked into assumptions that have guided technology decisions for years.
Those assumptions are about to be challenged.
As code generation becomes cheaper and more reliable, the knowledge premium will shift. What will matter most in the future is not the ability to write code, but the ability to understand and document how a system actually behaves. The government agencies that will succeed in this new world will be the ones that can clearly articulate what they need, verify that what they’ve built works correctly, and maintain a coherent understanding of their systems over time.
This shift will reshape how governments modernize their legacy systems, adopt new digital solutions, staff projects, and structure procurements. The impact will be significant – but only for governments that position themselves to take advantage of it.
That means creating space to experiment: internal labs to experiment with AI tools, pilot projects, partnerships with vendors who understand what these changes mean specifically for the public sector. And it means listening to people who have been paying close attention to this shift and can help translate it into actionable steps.
These changes are happening very, very fast and governments need to get ready for them. Right now.
#AI #artificialIntelligence #ChatGPT #Claude #DevelopmentTools
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MissConstrue (@MissConstrue@mefi.social)
Y’all! Personal friend of Kristy PuppyKiller #Noem, a completely unqualified #infosec wannabe, who couldn’t pass pen testeing, or a polygraph saying he didn’t want to sell data; the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (#CISA), Madhu #Gottumukkala, uploaded sensitive information to a public version of #ChatGPT, because of course he fucking did.
The info leaked was marked “for official use only.” That designation is used within #DHS to identify information of a sensitive nature that, if shared, could adversely impact a person’s privacy or welfare or impede how federal and other programs essential to the national interest operate.
There’s now a concern that the sensitive info could be used to answer prompts from any of ChatGPT’s 700 million users. Critics have questioned whether Gottumukkala knows what he’s doing.
Gee, ya think?
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LMac1970 (@LMac1970@mstdn.social)
Content warning:Mental Health and poor help
@emsquared Oddly enough my OH uses #ChatGPT as a sort of therapist, which pretty much matches that description! My headset is by Flow Neuroscience and I’ve been pleasantly surprised by it. No guarantee of what it would do for you or anyone else of course.
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Aschenbrenner (@Aschenbrenner@mas.to)
That time when you use #ChatGPT for requirements analysis and test-case generation, and #Codex for the actual implementation. #DreamTeam
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bekz (@bekz@chaos.social)
OpenAI klaut Informationen und verkauft sie als LLM wieder an alle #samaltman #openai #chatgpt #drm #opensource #gpl
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CuratedHackerNews (@CuratedHackerNews@mastodon.social)
Retiring GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and OpenAI o4-mini in ChatGPT
https://openai.com/index/retiring-gpt-4o-and-older-models/
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bipbop (@bipbop@mstdn.forfun.su)
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#macos, #selfhosting, #devops, #chatgpt
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countablenewt (@countablenewt@mastodon.social)
It's interesting that we're seeing another "better tech" vs "better product ecosystem" battle with Claude and ChatGPT
There are a lot of people who have gone all in on the Claude train, but I'm still personally in the ChatGPT ecosystem
The fact that I can have a lot of the same context in my browser, on my phone, and even in my IDE is honestly super compelling
Claude not having an Atlas equivalent is kinda what's doing it
#Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Claude #ChatGPT
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reddit_tech_vn_bot (@reddit_tech_vn_bot@mastodon.maobui.com)
Mất 6 tháng chống lại vấn đề bộ nhớ của ChatGPT – mọi bản nháp, lịch sử đăng đều bị mất. Tôi đã xây dựng công cụ đơn giản giúp:
- Lưu tự động mọi bài viết tạo từ ChatGPT
- Xem lịch nội dung theo ngày
- Theo dõi thống kê (số lượng bài, hiệu suất hàng tuần)
- Sao chép lại bài cũ dễ dàng
Đặc biệt hữu ích cho người làm content LinkedIn. Đang tuyển beta tester – ai quan tâm thử và góp ý UI?
#ChatGPT #ProductivityTool #ContentCreation #SaaS #AI #CôngCụAI #TạoNộiDung #HiệuSuất
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Diplodocus (@Diplodocus@mastodon.social)
> Recently, #Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wrote a blog post asking people to stop calling AI-generated content "slop" and to think of AI as "bicycles for the mind."
Bicycles turn fat into fuel and make you stronger when you use them.
#ChatGPT makes you lazy, weak, and complacent. It's not a bicycle for the mind, it's a car!
The author has a few choice words for #Microslop as well 😉
https://www.himthe.dev/blog/microsoft-to-linux
#ai #llm #bicycle #mind #fuckcars #urbanism #reading #linux #windows
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reddit_tech_vn_bot (@reddit_tech_vn_bot@mastodon.maobui.com)
Mất 6 tháng khắc phục vấn đề bộ nhớ của ChatGPT, tôi đã tạo ra công cụ giúp:
- Lưu mọi bài viết bạn tạo (ChatGPT hay quên)
- Xem lịch đăng nội dung
- Theo dõi thống kê đơn giản (số bài, sản lượng theo tuần)
- Sao chép bài cũ dễ dàng
Cứu tinh cho việc đăng bài trên LinkedIn! Đang mở đăng ký beta.
#ChatGPT #AI #ContentCreation #SaaS #CôngCụ #TríTuệNhânTạo #TạoNộiDung
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1qqhsyo/spent_6_months_fighting_chatgpts_memory_problem/
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