As writing software becomes easier, the bottleneck shifts to Quality Assurance (QA).

· Bits and Bobs 6/30/25
  • As writing software becomes easier, the bottleneck shifts to Quality Assurance (QA).
    • It used to be that writing software was so expensive that you needed careful planning up front to make sure you didn't waste any effort on it.
      • This is also why feature length animation has a slight tendency to be on average higher quality than live action.
      • It's so hard to produce it requires more planning and workshopping before it gets to production.
    • With LLMs making the actual coding significantly cheaper, the bottleneck shifts to verifying it actually does what it's supposed to.

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