Garry Tan's just-in-time software golden age: cheaper to write, exactly as dumb

ccerrato147 · x · 2026-09-20

Thread segment: Garry Tan calls this the golden age of just-in-time software — double-edged. We automated writing software; we did not make software smarter. Same building blocks as 2019, same if/else, a chatbot latched on the side. Cheaper to write, exactly as dumb.

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