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Planning, Not Coding, Now Constrains Software Teams

As development tools have commoditized and deployment infrastructure has standardized, the friction point has shifted upstream—teams spend weeks debating requirements and architecture while developers idle. AI coding assistants gain traction not because they write better code, but because they force clarity on vague specifications and accelerate the translation between business requirements and technical design. Companies that invest in better requirements-gathering processes, clearer product specs, and faster decision-making will ship faster than those adding more developers.