Indie Dev Warns: CTO's Bias Against AI Coding Cost Them 6 Months
daluoseo · x · 2026-08-12
The author shares a hard lesson from an AI startup incubation project. The team's CTO held a strong bias against AI-assisted coding, insisting on writing code purely by hand for the sake of 'purity'. This stubbornness dragged the project cycle out to 5-6 months. As a direct result, their product's features were significantly outpaced by competitors who likely leveraged AI, leaving the project in an awkward position. It highlights the growing friction in tech teams regarding the adoption of AI tools.
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