Still earning money with code? πŸ˜‡

Alexander Isora πŸ¦„ - Jun 23 - - Dev Community

Claude 3.5 Sonnet just coded a full-featured file upload (link to demo mp4) component for me:
1) + a spinner
2) size restriction
3) file extension restriction
4) + a preview preview
5) + state management
6) + upload to a Cloudflare R2 bucket

If you still sell code, you definitely have to take a break and think about your future. What they pay you for today will cost way less tomorrow. Not because programmers will vanish, but because one programmer will be able to do x100 more work and therefore the market will need x100 fewer programmers. It is the basic law of supply and demand.

One possible way for you to still earn money with your laptop is by building your own products. You do not have to aim for millions. You can build a small project that brings you a net $10K/m and live a happy life in the future πŸ™‚

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