UML co-creator Grady Booch argues that the broader field of computing is far larger and more dynamic than generative AI

The world of computing is and will remain far larger, more impactful, and far more vibrant than the narrow subdomain of genAI.

@Grady_Booch The highest quality silver bullet so far, and yet still just another silver bullet.

Speed the day that this mass delusion is over.

The world of clinical medicine is and will remain far larger, more impactful, and far more vibrant than the narrow subdomain of evidence-based medicine and randomized controlled trials.

— Bitter Old World-Renowned Attending Physician, Emeritus, screaming at the residents from the golf course (circa 1992)

@Grady_Booch “We should keep fun in computing.” — Alan Perlis

You are 100% right. Funny or not, since the old GoF days, arguably the main UML diagrams that I find useful all these years are the sequence and components.

Thank you for all the contributions.

@Grady_Booch Define where genAI ends and computing begins. Where do you see a Vibe Coder sitting in between?

I would think some people would see an overlap somewhere

@Grady_Booch I really would like this.

@Grady_Booch Tautology? I mean Given the fact that GenAI is a subfield 👀

“À en croire certains esprits bornés, — c’est le qualificatif qui leur convient, — l’humanité serait renfermée dans un cercle de Popilius qu’elle ne saurait franchir…”

“To believe certain narrow minds — and that is the label that suits them — humanity would be shut up within a Popilius circle that it could never cross…”

— Jules Verne, De la Terre à la Lune (From the Earth to the Moon).

@Grady_Booch Exactly. GenAI is important, but it is still sitting on top of a much larger stack. Systems, data, networking, security, and product judgment are still what determine whether anything useful ships.