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supriyo-biswas01/16/20261 replyview on HN

The uncomfortable truth is that the marginal cost of producing software (if one doesn't care too much about quality or predictability) has now become near zero with AI; and therefore we will see many companies products being challenged in this way. Of course, Anthropic will have a leg up in terms of subsidized models provided along with a subscription, etc.


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rhubarbtree01/16/2026

> the marginal cost of producing software (if one doesn't care too much about quality or predictability) has now become near zero with AI;

Hell of a caveat. I'd also add "complex functionality" to that list.