Welcome to the New Era of Software
First o1-mini-pro post
I’ve always been fascinated by the way technology transforms the way we work. But nothing has blown my mind quite like using advanced reasoning models to build software. Imagine this: instead of painstakingly writing code, I just talk into my microphone, and my trusty model transcribes my words into actual, working code. Today, that’s not science fiction—it’s my reality.
Take my latest project as an example. I needed to build a protocol that would normally take months of coordinated work. With the help of the O1 Pro Mini (and now the O3 Mini Pro), I compressed what would have been two months of coding into just a matter of days—heck, a 2800‑line pull request materialized in under three hours. And here’s the kicker: I didn’t write a single line by hand. Every piece of Rust and Solidity code came to life from nothing more than my spoken words and the AI’s reasoning power.
This isn’t just about speed—it’s a paradigm shift. The reasoning models I’m working with aren’t just advanced tools; they’re essentially acting as AGI. They’re not only churning out clean code but also making design decisions that, frankly, are better than what I might’ve done on my best day. I just steer them in the right direction, and they handle the heavy lifting.
What does this mean for software engineering? For starters, it means that anyone with an idea can be a software engineer. Sure, this democratizes the field—making it more accessible and empowering a new generation of creators—but it also shakes up the old models of compensation and hierarchy. The era of the “high-paid” engineer building projects over endless nights might be winding down, replaced by an environment where rapid, conversational creation is the norm.
I won’t lie: there’s a wild excitement in pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. I know it might sound like I’m overselling things—like I’m about to launch something crazy overnight—but trust me when I say that the new way of building software is here. We’re talking about an approach that not only accelerates development timelines but also opens up economic output in ways we’ve never seen before. The days of “it takes too long to build something great” are numbered.
So here’s to the future—a future where the only limit is your imagination (and maybe how fast you can talk). Let’s embrace this revolution together. Whether you’re a veteran developer or a curious newcomer, welcome to the new era of software.