[TriEmbed] The enshittification of Arduino begins? Qualcomm starts clamping down @itsfoss2

[Trampas Stern]

In my personal opinion Arudino has been dying a slow death for years,
mainly from then number of bugs in their code and libraries.  However it is
really falling fast now because AI will be taking over that market area.

 In the last ~6 months AI has gotten really good at firmware/software
development.  I had AI write an entire web app that monitors remote servers
data logs and alerts me on failures, I did not write or edit a single line
of code. Around 80%-90% of code I develop is AI based now (even embedded),
as such I no longer care about the programming language, APIs, etc.

For example, I now write chip drivers by feeding datasheet to AI where it
writes the driver for me, and will not go back to doing it manually ever
again.
Needed FATFS and SD card driver, just told AI to add to project and include
test cases to verify it worked.  Which it did, and worked on the first try,
of course this was Zephyr based project so not a huge lift, but it worked.
Even Zephyr device trees are insignificant to AI, I don't have to figure
out convoluted syntax or setup, I just tell AI what I want.  Even had AI
write python test cases to run on desktop which verify that Bluetooth
worked correctly.

The point is that when you can ask AI to setup a development container and
IDE for your embedded project, then write code and test cases, so there is
little need for Arduino.

I should mention that I was debating on learning Rust for embedded
development last year, I choose not to.  Specifically, AI is at the point
that the programming language is irrelevant. That is AI will be able to
translate code from one language to another with little effort. Also it
will be able to verify that C/C++ is just as safe as Rust code.  As such
embedded development will be moving to a job of project management, where
you are managing the project requirements, testing and tasking AI with
writing code.

Even on the webserver project AI was having a hard time with javascript
component, kept having lots of syntax mistakes. So I told it to write a
lint tool to verify its results. So it wrote a javascript lint tool and
would run it and fix its own mistakes.  Basically AI today is as good as
college level intern.  That is it makes some dumb mistakes but can be
highly productive with the correct "management".

I see  AI technology is much like computers were in the 80s that is
everyone could see how they would be use and the advantages of having one
on everyone's desk.  It will redefine the job market much like computers
changed the typing pools at large companies.  That is there will be a shift
in skills you need for a job towards AI.

The point is if you are worried about Arudino, instead take some time and
try the latest AI using copilot and VSCode, you might find like me that
Arudino is insignificant, like a typewriter.

Trampas

On Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM Dwight Morgan via TriEmbed <
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