I truly believe that software industry in at the crossroads and need to adopt the best solutions for the quagmire it's in at the very moment and so called AI/LLM revolution mentioned in the OP article is only the tip of the iceberg problems [1].

Currently I'm reading the Software Wasteland and The Data-Centric Revolution books by software industry veteran Dave McComb [2],[3].

The books also addressed AI aspects but since it's published around 2018 before LLM, the information probably a bit dated on the issues. Hopefully the third book sequel in the trilogy can cover that aspect very well.

Some key takeaways from [2].

1) Almost all Enterprise Information Systems now cost vastly more to implement than they should

2) Most of the excess cost can be attributed to complexity

3) When you have hundreds or thousands of complex applications, you are completely stuck in what we call the Application Centric Quagmire

4) More large firms spend most of their IT budget on integration (without achieving more than ad hoc interfaces)

5) The fix is to become truly data-centric, where an integrated core model precedes the addition of functionality

References:

[1] A Tale of Two Projects:

https://www.semanticarts.com/a-tale-of-two-projects-healthca...

[2] Q&A on the Book Software Wasteland:

https://www.infoq.com/articles/book-review-software-wastelan...

[3] Software Wasteland and The Data-Centric Revolution:

https://technicspub.com/software_wasteland/