"Code was never a moat": the one-line take sparking debate in the AI era
kylegawley · x · 2026-10-28
Kyle Gawley posted a terse but pointed industry take: "Code was never a moat."
With AI coding tools driving the cost of writing software toward zero, the one-liner taps into the ongoing debate about where real defensibility comes from—distribution, data, brand, or network effects rather than execution.
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