Economy

AI is making building software cheap and accessible. This is unlocking massive productivity for everyone, but is also commoditizing software engineering. We are at the end of the software gold rush, and software engineering is going from elite to skilled trade, available to everyone. AI is fixing the supply side of software engineering. Software Engineers are currently a luxury. Only well-funded …

Since the launch of iPhone, everyone has been trying to replicate the App Store model that Apple created. Every operator, OEM and even independent companies are trying to create their own app stores and native app platforms. The app store/native app model is inherently a walled garden model. This is analogous to AOL in the early days of the internet. AOL was the first one to truly bring internet …