The AI Dev Paradox: Prototyping Takes Minutes, Shipping Still Takes Weeks
DavidKPiano · x · 2026-07-24
Developer @DavidKPiano highlights a stark contrast in the AI era: while prototyping has been compressed from days into mere minutes thanks to AI tools, the final engineering process of shipping a product still takes weeks.
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