# Writing Code Was Never the Bottleneck

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Podcast: [HTML All The Things - Web Development, AI, and Developer Careers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/html-all-the-things-web-development-ai-and-developer-careers-863818)
Published: 2026-03-17T06:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.htmlallthethings.com/podcast/writing-code-was-never-the-bottleneck
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## Resource

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.

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