Every team that adopted Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot to produce more code has the same problem: When output is free, offering volume stops being a viable strategy. In fact, teams accelerating their software development with AI may be giving up the very thing that makes their software valuable. It’s time to remember what makes software valuable and why racing to produce a mountain of code and features leads to failure. The Midas touch In Ovid’s tale, Midas, king of Phrygia, took in the missing satyr Silenus, whom Phrygian peasants had found drunk, granted him ten days of hospitality, and...

Source: The New Stack