"The most important book about technology and labor since Nomadland."
On a December night in 2024, an AI model began writing code that was
better than most human programmers could produce. Within hours, engineers
across the world were staring at their screens, confronting a question
none of them were prepared for: What am I for?
THE LAST PROGRAMMER is a sweeping, deeply reported work of
narrative nonfiction that follows five people across five continents as
they navigate the most dramatic disruption in the history of the
technology profession.
From a junior developer in Lagos locked out of the career she trained
for, to a sixty-seven-year-old veteran in Singapore who may be the last
person alive who understands the code that runs the world’s banks—
Francesco Malila captures the human drama of an industry in freefall
with the intimacy of a novel and the rigor of an economic treatise.
Drawing on more than two hundred interviews across fourteen
countries, Malila—himself a programmer of nearly twenty years—traces
how AI coding tools went from novelty to necessity in less than three
years, gutting the apprenticeship pipeline, enabling a florist to build
her own software in a weekend, and forcing an entire generation to
reckon with the automation of their identity.
Inside you’ll discover:
Part economic history, part reportage, part meditation on craft and
obsolescence, THE LAST PROGRAMMER asks the questions that every
knowledge worker will soon face: What happens when the machines get
good enough? What do we owe the people displaced by progress? And what
remains of us when the thing that defined us is taken away?
Essential reading for anyone who writes code, manages people who
write code, or lives in a world built by code—which is to say,
everyone.
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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. "The most important book about technology and labor since Nomadland." On a December night in 2024, an AI model began writing code that wasbetter than most human programmers could produce. Within hours, engineersacross the world were staring at their screens, confronting a questionnone of them were prepared for: What am I for? THE LAST PROGRAMMER is a sweeping, deeply reported work ofnarrative nonfiction that follows five people across five continents asthey navigate the most dramatic disruption in the history of thetechnology profession. From a junior developer in Lagos locked out of the career she trainedfor, to a sixty-seven-year-old veteran in Singapore who may be the lastperson alive who understands the code that runs the world's banks-Francesco Malila captures the human drama of an industry in freefallwith the intimacy of a novel and the rigor of an economic treatise. Drawing on more than two hundred interviews across fourteencountries, Malila-himself a programmer of nearly twenty years-traceshow AI coding tools went from novelty to necessity in less than threeyears, gutting the apprenticeship pipeline, enabling a florist to buildher own software in a weekend, and forcing an entire generation toreckon with the automation of their identity. Inside you'll discover: Why junior developer jobs vanished almost overnight-and what replaced themThe "Compiler Argument" that programmers told themselves, and why it was wrongHow "vibe coding" let non-programmers build real software for the first timeThe tractor analogy that predicts what comes next-and who gets hurtThe "Infinite Ten" engineers replacing entire teams single-handedlyThe saddlepoint curve that maps the profession's future Part economic history, part reportage, part meditation on craft andobsolescence, THE LAST PROGRAMMER asks the questions that everyknowledge worker will soon face: What happens when the machines getgood enough? What do we owe the people displaced by progress? And whatremains of us when the thing that defined us is taken away? Essential reading for anyone who writes code, manages people whowrite code, or lives in a world built by code-which is to say, everyone. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9798253789001
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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. "The most important book about technology and labor since Nomadland." On a December night in 2024, an AI model began writing code that wasbetter than most human programmers could produce. Within hours, engineersacross the world were staring at their screens, confronting a questionnone of them were prepared for: What am I for? THE LAST PROGRAMMER is a sweeping, deeply reported work ofnarrative nonfiction that follows five people across five continents asthey navigate the most dramatic disruption in the history of thetechnology profession. From a junior developer in Lagos locked out of the career she trainedfor, to a sixty-seven-year-old veteran in Singapore who may be the lastperson alive who understands the code that runs the world's banks-Francesco Malila captures the human drama of an industry in freefallwith the intimacy of a novel and the rigor of an economic treatise. Drawing on more than two hundred interviews across fourteencountries, Malila-himself a programmer of nearly twenty years-traceshow AI coding tools went from novelty to necessity in less than threeyears, gutting the apprenticeship pipeline, enabling a florist to buildher own software in a weekend, and forcing an entire generation toreckon with the automation of their identity. Inside you'll discover: Why junior developer jobs vanished almost overnight-and what replaced themThe "Compiler Argument" that programmers told themselves, and why it was wrongHow "vibe coding" let non-programmers build real software for the first timeThe tractor analogy that predicts what comes next-and who gets hurtThe "Infinite Ten" engineers replacing entire teams single-handedlyThe saddlepoint curve that maps the profession's future Part economic history, part reportage, part meditation on craft andobsolescence, THE LAST PROGRAMMER asks the questions that everyknowledge worker will soon face: What happens when the machines getgood enough? What do we owe the people displaced by progress? And whatremains of us when the thing that defined us is taken away? Essential reading for anyone who writes code, manages people whowrite code, or lives in a world built by code-which is to say, everyone. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9798253789001
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