Code no longer needs hand-chiseling, but products still do
msg · x · 2026-10-13
- jtaby's one-liner: AI has made writing code easy ("no longer hand chiseled"), but building a great product still demands deliberate craftsmanship.
- In an era when anyone can generate code, product judgment and polish are the genuinely scarce parts.
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