AI is one of the few technologies that can make you feel more powerful and more replaceable in the same moment.
It helps you write faster. Think faster. Build faster.
But it also quietly forces a difficult question:
If a tool can do part of what made me valuable… then what is my real edge now?
I think that’s why AI conversations get so emotional.
People are not just reacting to software. They’re reacting to what it means for their identity, confidence, and future.
So I’m curious:
Has AI made you feel more capable, or more uncertain?
Would love to hear honest thoughts from devs, writers, designers, and founders.
Adarsh Kant
Building AnveVoice - Voice OS for websites. Solo founder. Building in public.
As someone building AI (AnveVoice — voice AI for websites), I feel both sides every single day. Inspired because we're enabling things that were impossible 2 years ago — a person can now speak to a website and it responds with real actions, not just text. That's genuinely empowering, especially for accessibility. But insecure because the pace is relentless. What took us 6 months to build, someone could replicate with better foundation models in weeks. The honest answer? AI made me feel MORE capable but shifted WHAT I need to be capable of. The edge isn't writing code anymore — it's understanding users deeply enough to build what AI alone can't figure out. The founders who survive this era won't be the best coders. They'll be the best listeners.