&gt; I&#x27;m afraid this is a glimpse into the not so distant future where software developers are next in line after taxi and truck drivers - uncertain if their skills will be required in a decade from now.<p>That might be true, but I don&#x27;t see how this article supports that hypothesis. There are still real programmers behind the apps that Gigster:<p>&gt; The company finds top-notch freelance developers, designers, and project managers with pedigrees from MIT, CalTech, Google, and Stripe, and only accepts 5% of applicants.<p>Looks like they are mostly automating the estimating and scheduling process.<p>I think it&#x27;s a leap to go from automated scheduled to automated programming, especially in the next decade.