The 'developer replacement' hype cycle (News)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

We’re doing a live show in Denver this July, Danilo Alonso has seen the ‘developer replacement’ hype cycle many times, Dan Sinker says we’re in the Who Cares Era, Cap looks like a solid alternative to typical CAPTCHA solutions, Michael Flarup on the return of texture, depth, and expressiveness in UI & Kan is an open source alternative to Trello.

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1. What up, live show nerds? (00:00:00)

https://changelog.com/live

2. The 'developer replacement' hype cycle (00:00:43)

https://alonso.network/the-recurring-cycle-of-developer-replacement-hype/?utm_source=changelog-news

3. The Who Cares Era (00:02:16)

https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-05-23-who-cares/?utm_source=changelog-news

4. A lightweight proof-of-work captcha (00:03:21)

https://capjs.js.org/?utm_source=changelog-news

5. Sponsor: Retool (00:04:25)

https://retool.com/agents?utm_source=changelog&utm_campaign=changelog-news

6. The future is colourful and dimensional (00:05:41)

https://www.flarup.email/p/the-future-is-colourful-and-dimensional?utm_source=changelog-news

7. An open source alternative to Trello (00:06:55)

https://kan.bn/?utm_source=changelog-news

8. That's the news for now (00:07:25)

https://changelog.com/live