Everyone says AI lets one person do a team's work. True — but I think most people draw the wrong conclusion from it.
Ten years ago, "being able to build the thing" was itself a moat. People who could write software — and actually finish it — were scarce. Shipping alone made you win.
AI has pushed the cost of building to the floor. Being able to build is no longer the moat. It's the entry ticket.
So where did the game move? To two things: whether you can spot a demand that actually exists, and whether you can stand behind the outcome — all the way to the end.
Here's the trouble: these two almost never live in the same person. People who understand demand usually aren't the ones who can do top-tier work. People who do top-tier work are usually far from the client and the market.
