AI Coding Tools Excel at MVPs, Struggle with Full Products
GregKamradt · x · 2026-07-11
The author argues that building a usable 2025 CRM MVP with AI coding tools is already easy.
The real challenges are:
- Whether it can be maintained until 2030
- Whether you're willing to keep investing as product demands increase
This addresses the claim that "AI coding tools compete with SaaS": prototyping is easy short-term, but turning it into a production-grade product long-term is the hard part.
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