Episode

Writing Code Was Never the Bottleneck

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HTML All The Things - Web Development, AI, and Developer Careers

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Mar 17, 2026

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3696

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Summary

AI can write code now - but coding was never the real bottleneck. Matt and Mike explore what actually slows down software projects: ideas, product decisions, marketing, and real-world complexity.