TLDR Tech / AI
When Code is Free, Research is All That Matters
As implementation costs collapse, the scarce resource becomes knowing what is worth building and whether it is feasible. Software engineering optimizes toward known solutions, but research operates without ground truth, making it resistant to the automation currently impacting traditional development. Research taste remains portable and nearly impossible to train, acting as the ultimate differentiator in a world where barriers to entry have dropped.
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