https://elitesoftwareengineer.com/blog Building a high performance teams and software en-us address@yoursite.com (Mike Camara) address@yoursite.com (Mike Camara) Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMT https://elitesoftwareengineer.com/blog/from-mystery-menus-to-software-3-0-the-end-of-the-middleman https://elitesoftwareengineer.com/blog/from-mystery-menus-to-software-3-0-the-end-of-the-middleman The jump from a text-heavy menu to an AI-enhanced visual guide is more than a UX trick, it is a concrete example of Software 3.0. Building on Andrej Karpathy’s Sequoia talk, this post explores the transition from Software 1.0 (explicit code) to Software 2.0 (trained neural networks) to Software 3.0 (LLMs as interpreters). As models increasingly operate directly on user context, many “middleman” apps and interfaces will disappear. The engineer’s value shifts from writing glue code to directing outcomes with judgment, taste, and systems-level understanding. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:00:00 GMT address@yoursite.com (Mike Camara) software-3-0aiandrej-karpathyagentic-engineering