Software is no longer just a support tool and has consolidated itself as the language that structures contemporary society, shaping from the most trivial actions of everyday life to the most complex processes of governments, corporations and institutions. Behind the user-friendly interface of an application or the accuracy of an automated system, there is a phenomenon in constant expansion, where the demand for software is, in essence, infinite. Its ubiquitous presence reveals a continuous growth that seems to have no limits, permeating financial markets, corporate networks and government systems around the world.
For decades, the creation of digital solutions was restricted to large companies with robust budgets and numerous teams. The logic was of scarcity, in which each project needed to justify high costs and extensive deadlines. This scenario began to transform with the spread of generative artificial intelligence, low-code and no-code platforms and advanced language models. The barrier between idea and implementation was drastically reduced, allowing a functional prototype to emerge in days and no longer in months.
This move is so significant that the global market for low-code development platforms, valued at US$ 28.75 billion in 2024, should reach US$ 264.40 billion by 2032, growing at an annual rate of 32%, according to a report by Fortune Business Insights. With each problem solved, new contexts emerge, generating new needs. An automated attendance system, for example, soon highlights the demand for integration with CRMs, sentiment analysis and flow customization.
However, this fast pace also raises important challenges.The democratization of development and the increasing dependence on AI can generate security risks, technological inequality and rapid obsolescence of professionals who do not adapt to the new tools.In addition, the pressure for rapid solutions can compromise the quality and sustainability of critical software, exposing companies and users to technical and ethical vulnerabilities.Exponential growth therefore requires attention to digital governance, talent training and responsible technology development.
Therefore, artificial intelligence plays a central role in this movement, since more than accelerating the development process, it redefines the practice of creating software. Tools based on language models are able to write code, suggest architectures, correct flaws and even design interaction flows. This changes the profile of the developer, who starts to act in a more strategic and creative way, delegating operational activities to intelligent support systems.
By dramatically reducing the cost of development, AI also democratizes access to sophisticated technologies. Resources once available only to large corporations, such as tailored ERPs or recommendation algorithms, become accessible to small businesses, startups and non-profit organizations.
This process reinforces the role of this system as an invisible but indispensable infrastructure, comparable to electricity and the internet itself. From urban sensors to hospital systems, from social networks to financial platforms, virtually every modern activity depends on the system to function efficiently, scalability and safely. This means that the technological evolution of emerging sectors such as biotechnology and robotics will continue to be conditioned to the advancement of digital solutions.
The advance generates a virtuous cycle, where technology facilitates development, innovation also accelerates and new demands arise in sequence. The speed of this movement generates a spiral of digital abundance, in which human creativity itself, enhanced by AI, becomes fuel for the production of software on an unprecedented scale.
Therefore, the demand for software tends to remain unlimited, because each solution generates new challenges and opportunities. Artificial intelligence does not replace the developer, but expands its ability to create. The horizon that opens does not represent the end of a cycle, but the beginning of an era in which the limits of digital creation are no longer definitive barriers and become only starting points, provided that we know how to manage risks, train professionals and keep technology as an ally of responsible development.
