> I've shipped 7 side projects in the past year using AI heavily. But I've noticed something counterintuitive: the total time from idea to shipped product barely decreased.

> Why? Because the bottleneck was never typing code.

Were you also shipping side projects every 2 months before AI?

If not, this comment just reads like cognitive dissonance. Your core claim is that AI has enabled you to ship 7 projects in 12 months, which presumably was not something you did pre-AI, right? So the AI is helping ship projects faster?

I agree that AI is not a panacea and a skilled developer is required. I also agree that it can become a trap to produce a lot of bad code if you’re not paying attention (something a lot of companies are going to discover in 2026 IMO)

But I don’t know how you can claim AI isn’t helping you ship faster right after telling us AI is helping you ship faster.