What Comes Easy Has No Meaning.
Translated by GPT
Things that come easily have no meaning.
Let’s take games as an example. If you quickly level up by pouring money into a game, you get bored easily. Even if you use a crack to arbitrarily level up, it quickly becomes uninteresting. It’s because there’s no affection. When certainty is given without uncertainty, dopamine doesn’t come out, and you don’t feel a reason to continue playing the game.
Things that come easily have no meaning. This is true for games, our lives, and work alike. This is what I felt while observing the recent vibe coding trend. I believe the essence of coding is ultimately for the customer and humanity. However, satisfying customers is never an easy task. If productivity increases, customers will look at the product with even higher expectations.
Soon, the vibe coding trend will specialize into ‘product developers.’ In the past, developers were hired for different fields like front-end, back-end, and server, but now only developers who think about the product and the customer first are in demand. Of course, this doesn’t mean development will be easy. As AI is utilized not only in computers but also in the market, planning, and design, the knowledge to learn and the skills to use will actually increase. Therefore, the work will increase.
If all companies maintain this trend, they will hire more people to stay competitive. Jobs will increase. I believe humanity will delegate the remaining labor and primary industry sectors to robots, opening an era of abundance. Nevertheless, the irony is that the overall work will increase.
Getting things easily is like producing low quality. Customers no longer want low quality. In the AI era, there’s no room for half-hearted efforts. Nonetheless, vibe coders will be satisfied with the results AI provides, repeatedly saying, “This is good enough,” and will try to make products carelessly. It is at this point that competitiveness emerges and details become important.
You need to focus on the small things. Smooth animations, clear purpose, customer-centric design. Even if they seem trivial, such small details are what impress customers. This is why craftsmanship and artisan spirit are needed in the AI era.