I Could Build Faster. That Was Not the Hard Part.
AI makes software cheaper to explore and build, but not equally cheap to understand, secure, review, and own.
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AI makes software cheaper to explore and build, but not equally cheap to understand, secure, review, and own.
Why the biggest gain in AI-assisted development comes from durable local knowledge and disciplined workflow structure, not from keeping every external tool always active.
Why AI-assisted development breaks down when useful reasoning disappears between sessions, and why durable project context matters more than clever prompts.
Why planning is less about agent autonomy and more about making AI-assisted work inspectable before it becomes expensive.
Why server-first Next.js development is less about state management libraries and more about putting authority in the right place.
Why AI does not break product coherence by itself, but makes local UI deviation cheap enough that drift appears faster than many teams can review it.