software engineering
You don't "just" replace an enterprise app
AI can reproduce the screens of an expensive enterprise app in a weekend. But before you celebrate the savings, ask what exactly your company has been paying for.
If you built it, so can I
Everyone can build software now. That gives each of us more control, while quietly changing what happens to everything we learn along the way.
Don't confuse a demo with a product
AI can turn a prompt into polished software in an afternoon. The result looks finished, which makes one crucial question dangerously easy to skip.
AI makes building cheap, ownership is still expensive
Your coding agent can replace that SDK in twenty minutes. But what happens during the years that follow?
When organizations can build faster than they can agree
When building becomes cheaper than another alignment meeting, every team has a rational reason to ship its own solution. Who pays when all of them do?