AI Lowers the Bar for Demos, Not for Real Engineering

Executive Briefing

• Reveals how AI tools make polished demos trivially easy, flooding markets with low-quality 'vibe coded' apps
• Argues genuine engineering skill remains critical as AI-built products frequently collapse under real-world conditions
• Highlights market confusion as hiring managers and investors struggle to distinguish real developers from AI-assisted imposters
• Suggests the true cost of cheap AI development is technical debt, fragile systems, and eroded trust in software quality