Vets on Claude-built LagosLife: coding was never the moat, product design and marketing are
mfckr_eth · x · 2026-10-08
After the founder of LagosLife built her game with Claude, tech circles reacted with snark. A developer with a decade of coding experience responded candidly: coding was never the moat—product design and marketing always were.
He notes he's coded for 10 years, spent thousands of dollars, and still has no app with 1k users or MRR. 'Coding is now an academic pursuit; building an app depends on how much you can pay agents and influencers'—though you still need product design, context engineering, and management skills to put it all together.
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