For most of software’s history, building meant writing code. Not just understanding it, but producing it. The entry point was steep by design: fluency in at least one language, working knowledge of system architecture, enough production scar tissue to know what questions to ask before writing the first line. The barrier was real, and both sides of it understood why it existed. AI coding tools , natural language interfaces, and agentic workflows have started shifting what it takes to go from an idea to working software. A product manager can now prototype a functional application without...

Source: The New Stack