# Requirements are All You Need: The Final Frontier for End-User Software Engineering

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.13708 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2405.13708/

## Key facts

- Cited by 5 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 22 May 2024.

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## Abstract (arXiv)

What if end users could own the software development lifecycle from conception to deployment using only requirements expressed in language, images, video or audio? We explore this idea, building on the capabilities that generative Artificial Intelligence brings to software generation and maintenance techniques. How could designing software in this way better serve end users? What are the implications of this process for the future of end-user software engineering and the software development lifecycle? We discuss the research needed to bridge the gap between where we are today and these imagined systems of the future.