As software creation becomes easier and easier, if the future does happen where code is generated almost instantly to cover the needs of the user/product designer, will the problem not be standardisations for inter-operability? Who will be the leaders of such standardisation efforts?
Interoperability or rather connectedness is hugely important. I'm a huge fan of industry-led initiatives (think: MCP for connecting AI to real-world applications). I do believe standardization-bodies-defined interoperability has shown its strengths (think: Peppol for e-invoicing) but there's a significant disconnect between standardization bodies that are sometimes politically influenced and the real-world applicability of their interop standards, especially when developed in a vacuum.
Similar to applied vs academic research: it's only in real-world scenarios that great research can show its true strength. Interop standards without adoption only serve the certification bodies interests and can still present themselves as a barrier to entry. Again the Peppol example: as much as the standards are there, its regional access-to-market is still governed by regional bodies (and even legislation). Even when you implement & certify global interop, you still need a seat at the table to develop a local economic activity.
As per the ideal leaders, my preference would be strong industry consortia with very transparent rules of participation and funding, like how Kubernetes is part of the Linux Foundation.
> Interop standards without adoption only serve the certification bodies interests and can still present themselves as a barrier to entry.
Key sentence imo.
If the revolution is as profound as some predict, I think certification bodies or industry consortiums, despite perhaps becoming more necessary, might actually find themselves more and more sidelined and more chasing what has become popular instead of dictating what should happen.
I’m sure we will just have to wait and see. We are living in interesting times to say the least.
As software creation becomes easier and easier, if the future does happen where code is generated almost instantly to cover the needs of the user/product designer, will the problem not be standardisations for inter-operability? Who will be the leaders of such standardisation efforts?
Interoperability or rather connectedness is hugely important. I'm a huge fan of industry-led initiatives (think: MCP for connecting AI to real-world applications). I do believe standardization-bodies-defined interoperability has shown its strengths (think: Peppol for e-invoicing) but there's a significant disconnect between standardization bodies that are sometimes politically influenced and the real-world applicability of their interop standards, especially when developed in a vacuum.
Similar to applied vs academic research: it's only in real-world scenarios that great research can show its true strength. Interop standards without adoption only serve the certification bodies interests and can still present themselves as a barrier to entry. Again the Peppol example: as much as the standards are there, its regional access-to-market is still governed by regional bodies (and even legislation). Even when you implement & certify global interop, you still need a seat at the table to develop a local economic activity.
As per the ideal leaders, my preference would be strong industry consortia with very transparent rules of participation and funding, like how Kubernetes is part of the Linux Foundation.
> Interop standards without adoption only serve the certification bodies interests and can still present themselves as a barrier to entry.
Key sentence imo.
If the revolution is as profound as some predict, I think certification bodies or industry consortiums, despite perhaps becoming more necessary, might actually find themselves more and more sidelined and more chasing what has become popular instead of dictating what should happen.
I’m sure we will just have to wait and see. We are living in interesting times to say the least.