'Building apps is over'? Shredded Cheese growth says most people still won't build
heyneighbor · x · 2026-09-08
Pushing back on the "building apps is over, anyone can build" narrative, @GitMaxd points to the steady growth of pre-shredded cheese: grating it yourself is easy, yet most people never bother. His takeaway: the people declaring everyone can build still won't actually build anything — so builders remain scarce, even in the AI era.
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