The Economics of Software Developers

If someone walked into your office today and asked you to build a framework for how to value software development, what would you think about it?
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• Chainguard introduces Factory 2.0 (chainguard.dev/unchained/driftlessaf-introduci…)
• On running a startup of Claude Code agents (fullhoffman.com/2026/01/19/on-running-a-startu…)
• Agentic Product Development and the Theory of Constraints (blog.thestateofme.com/2026/01/18/agentic-produ…)
• Software Abundance (linkedin.com/pulse/software-abundance-sarah-gu…)

HOW SHOULD SOMEONE THINK ABOUT THE ECONOMICS OF SW DEV IN 2026?
• If someone walked into your office today and asked you to build a framework for how to value software development, how would you think about it?
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