I think you're spot on. They're hiring as much as possible to make numbers look better ("we're growing so fast!") and later on blame AI for layoffs ("we're way more efficient with AI now!"). That's the play in almost all VC funded companies. If you want to stay there, try to shift to a position that decides about the product and has a lot domain specific knowledge. Start looking for an enterprise job if stability is important for you.
Yes! Coding is just one of the tasks you've got to do when building a software business. You also have to find a good value preposition, identify a good channel to your customers, manage your resources etc.
Channels are becoming even more important as software has become easy to copy. But copycats always existed. When it wasn't created by AI, it was created in low wage countries.
In my opinion, a lot of strategic work can be automated - and results would actually be better. Why? Because the strategic management agent would most likely follow a scientific process and make small bets instead of investing millions in initiatives without having a clear signal.
What you cannot automate is the human contact. Trust between humans. Enlighting the fire that burns inside you inside others. CEOs aren't necessarily the best strategic thinkers but they're very good in dealing with people and they are high-agency people.
Yes. Still one of the best batteries included web frameworks for creating anything that's more of a website (e.g. E-Commerce) than a web app (e.g. Photoshop). No, you don't need NextJs and friends for everything ;)
I don't think vision is the ultimate API. It wasn't with "traditional" RPA and it won't with more advanced AI-RPA. It's inefficient. If you want something to be used by a bot, write an interface for a bot. I'd make an exception for end2end testing.
This feels like a marketing video to lure young people into the startup world, promising big returns. The truth still is that about 7 out of 10 startups fail. Yes, new technologies create opportunities but it's still hard to leverage that into success. It's not like everyone creating a LLM wrapper is becoming rich. For that, you need a superior business model setup, like great (pre-) existing (marketing) channels.
I'd recommend to identify a market you want to serve, first. Doing WordPress websites for SMEs is a bloody red ocean. If you're up to building themes for a niche (e.g. Odoo ERP), you might be better off and could potentially grow with that niche. Then, specialize further, e.g. complete web solutions for doctors with appointment functionalities etc.
The main message is: take a deep look into a niche and their problems. Do cheap experiments to find out you're on the right track (e.g. landing page + social media marketing).
A: Because people wouldn't pay $200 for an app. Because there is ChatGPT as an app. Because people love buying tangible stuff. Because VC see this as "a new category" they want to dominate.
"The light from the blast travels through the cosmos and makes it appear as if a new star—as bright as the North Star, according to NASA—has suddenly just popped up in our night sky for a few days."
For commercial services, no. There's a new W3C standard named DID that's much better for this. Using DIDs and a trusted authority, you can prove you're a real person without having to reveal your identity. You can even choose which verified data to reveal (e.g. age). But I guess some large entities would have to push it into the market for it to become widely used.
It's hard to transform the books into a series. But Netflix did a great job. That series should be entertaining even for normies and at the same time it gets the interesting aspects communicated.