Will Embedded Software Remain an Afterthought?

Reflecting on a long-standing complaint that embedded software is treated as a tertiary concern behind hardware, the piece speculates on how AI coding agents might change that dynamic. Three speculative futures are sketched: stakeholders still underestimate software effort but now blame it on AI speed; software gains status as more people can participate and simulate systems easily; or software becomes even less valued because it's now the 'short pole' compared to hardware sourcing, with chip vendors standardizing around Zephyr and only a couple of developers needed to supervise coding agents.

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