AI Has Flipped Software Development

Some really interesting points from lukew, and that Designing Perplexity about the talk by Henry Modisett the Head of Design at Perplexity is definitely worth the read. One thing that really stuck with me is how fast AI is moving. Tech is evolving way faster than our ability to make sense of it or use it wisely. We’re in this weird moment where tons of people are trying AI for the first time, while others are still brushing it off because of old ideas or fear. It feels like a macro novelty effect. What’s wild is how AI is changing how we build software. Just like the internet became a default part of apps, AI is now becoming a standard layer. But it’s not business as usual because the old rules of product design don’t always apply. Some of the most used Ai tools today break all the traditional UX "best practices" And building everything at once used to be a red flag for startups. With AI that’s kind of the move now. Companies are only a few weeks ahead of each other.