Cheap tech doesn't kill a craft, it moves it — deciding what to build is the new scarce skill
ccerrato147 · x · 2026-09-26
Drawing on how Kodak's one-dollar camera ended portrait painting while painters became impressionists, the author argues typing code is losing its scarcity. The new scarce skill is deciding what gets built: cheap technology doesn't kill a craft, it relocates it.
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