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.