This is probably the biggest misconception in AI-assisted development right now. AI massively improves speed, but speed without architectural thinking just creates technical debt faster. A lot of people can generate working code now, but very few understand scalability, system boundaries, long-term maintenance, or production reliability. Feels like the value of developers is shifting from “writing syntax” to making good technical decisions. We’ve been seeing similar patterns while helping founders structure scalable products at FoundersBar: https://foundersbar.com