software engineering
Not every app in an enterprise is an enterprise app
An app used in an enterprise and an enterprise app may sound like the same thing. Confuse them, and you'll badly underestimate what it takes to replace one.
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?