Quoting Charity Majors
In 2025 the economics of code production inverted, making code effectively free, instant, and disposable.
“the economics of code production were turned upside down”
Charity Majors argues that 2025 flipped the economics of software: AI made generating code nearly free and instant, turning lines of code from carefully curated assets into disposable, regenerable artifacts. This reframing matters because it implies AI-assisted development demands more engineering discipline, not less, to manage the flood of cheap code.