The commodification of basic app creation has been underway for years. As soon as an app becomes popular, people create clones and offer them for sale through various markets like Flippa, Acquire, AppWill, and CodeCanyon. Or maybe they're selling entire e-commerce sites as turnkey businesses for six figures or more. AI will accelerate that commodification but writing code is only part of the picture.

Claude Code doesn't make you a great marketer or ensure that you're at the right place at the right time with the right idea. It doesn't build trust or develop the relationships that businesses depend on. It doesn't make your RSS app a good idea. But it may open doors you'd otherwise have passed by. ®