Economically devs are the only ones that can do it. If I am a good QA engineer that cares enough about the product to do a good job, I could probably be making more money as a product manager.
These days when every iota of attention can be leveraged to the extreme by AI you can’t afford to tie up that attention testing a phone number input across 100 countries and interpreting the results.
The difference is the LLM is predictable and repeatable. Whereas a junior dev could go AWOL, leave unexpectedly for a new job, or be generally difficult to work with, LLMs fit my schedule, show constant progress and are generally less anxiety inducing than pouring hundreds of thousands into a worker who may not pan out. This sentiment may be showing my lack of expertise in team building but at worst shows that LLMs represent a legitimate alternative to building a large team to achieve a vision.
These days when every iota of attention can be leveraged to the extreme by AI you can’t afford to tie up that attention testing a phone number input across 100 countries and interpreting the results.