If Bubble AI will enable anyone to make their own app (eventually) then what use, as existing bubble developers, will we be? Won’t the demand for bubble developers rapidly drop off as Bubble AI gets more capable? I don’t see why we’re so excited to see it evolve, we’re cheering our own obsolence.
For that we are still atleast 20 or 30 years behind, for now AI is a helpfull tool for developer and people still need us to do things as there mind dont work like us.
In general its a tendency in human nature who always want a higher level of adviser to choose the correct options.
Demand for great Bubble developers has never been higher. Demand for average or bad developers will go down.
If you’re good, come earn $150k starting next week with us….
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The AI isn’t anywhere near able to create a full app on its own yet. At best, it can produce a rough outline or prototype. For non-developers, though, that can still be pretty useful — it helps you shape a demo or define the scope of your project before you start building it yourself or hand it over to an agency or freelancer. The current AI agents don’t fundamentally change that reality, though they might start to over time.
In terms of where we are in the broader AI cycle, I think the early wave of optimism is cooling off a bit. We’re moving into that “patience” phase — where the real progress starts happening quietly and gradually, rather than through flashy demos. Personally, I’m still quite optimistic that these tools will become genuinely useful in the long run — just not over the next few quarters.
Given the current pace of improvement, I expect skilled Bubble developers will continue to be in demand for at least the next few years (and probably longer). Not because AI “fails,” but because translating an idea into a nuanced, intuitive user experience is still something that requires real human insight and.. well, taste.
Prompting well is also a skill that users need to learn over time.
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Yes, new and less skilled developers are already feeling it, and I believe we are only a couple years away before it really starts to impact the earning potential of highly skilled developers.
It’s a good time for most bubble developers to become good marketers and create a large client funnel.
It’s important to look at things, not just from our own improvised opinion, but to actually absorb a lot of news and information on what is already happening in the broader job market and tech jobs more specifically. It’s scary, and it makes it even worse for those looking to employ highly skilled developers as there will be a continual decline in new developers, resulting in fewer and fewer good/experienced developers.
But if you’re good at marketing, you can fake it til you make it.
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Nobody knows what the future holds. By now, we were supposed to have jet packs and flying cars.
The future always turns out in a way nobody really expected.
If AI develops as the early founders envisioned years ago, we won’t even need apps anymore. But who knows?
It’s best to always be ready to pivot. It’s what almost all successful businesses that have been in business for ages have done.
And, always invest. Diversify. I invest in real estate and a couple of other things. If all my businesses fail tomorrow, I have something to fall back on.
The best thing to do now is to continue as you are, but be prepared to adapt.
We don’t know what the future will be. We can only guess, and that’s usually about 1% right, because we can never imagine how the unknown can sometimes end up
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There’s always some user that are looking for someone else to do it for them. Just asking everything correctly to AI is something that you need to learn. After, you need to validate what AI give you and why it’s not working (because this happen…). Without a good understanding on how Bubble (or language) work, you could hit roadblock. This topic popup almost every 2month since… 3 years maybe… and the only thing I can see that is different is how we work.
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Yes.
For those who think AI is the end-all…the greatest answer to everything…
then why aren’t they extremely wealthy? I mean, if AI has the answers, why can’t they just ask it how they can get wealthy?
Truth is, it doesn’t have all the answers.
I was using GPT today and asked it something. Then I suggested something, and it was like ‘oh yeah, that’s the chef’s kiss’. I’m like, why didn’t you mention that?
So, AI has no original thoughts. It only puts together all the thoughts out there and gives you what it considers the best one.
If you’re going into business, you need to be original. Either the first one there, or the first one on an old twist. AI can’t help there.
I like AI…but as you said, you need to know what you know to ask it what you know
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It is a bubble caused by high gov spending, wait till you see credit creation kicks in. We will be able to see the future at the end of the credit cycle (we are just at the beginning). Multiple bubbles can exist at the same time due to this like how bitcoin still exists, AI hype will be there for a while.
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I got a really good example for you (just got off this call a few minutes ago)
A viral Bubble app, built entirely with the AI agent, went down since it quickly consumed 100k+ WUs. The owner had no idea how or what to fix
Turns out, it was a backend workflow that had caused this (due to an improper DB setup). We went in, fixed it within an hour, and the app is now live, running smoothly
I don’t think our team at Zeroic will ever run out of Bubble work, just because each dev is highly skilled and can fix issues that the AI agent is bound to miss. It’s the same case with vibe-coding too - the barrier to entry is lowered for sure, but that also means an increase in low-hanging items wrt critical vulnerabilities. This is where specialised and highly experienced teams like ours will win and be in high demand
Like the others in the thread have mentioned, the AI agents would be great for spinning up PoCs, but at the end of the day, you need a skilled developer to make it viable
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I trust Bubble in this.