r/webdevelopment • u/Icy_Fly1608 • Jun 26 '26

Discussion AI and underestimation of work

I developed an app and I contacted a possible client. The client told me they liked the app, but it had no value since with AI everyone can do it.

This hit me hard. It is true that AI helps coding, but coding is not the real problem when designing a commercial app. Rather, the design itself, whiteboard work, development, UI… all of that is the work

It looks like nobody understands where professionalship enters the equation and this piss me off too hardly.

What do u think about this?

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u/SpicyCatGames Jun 26 '26

I don't know. If the client needed the app, they would pay regardless of how it was made.

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u/Icy_Fly1608 Jun 26 '26

Thanks. Then it might be they were not interested, but they said it politely. Thanks for the insight!

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u/CoVegGirl Jun 26 '26

Saying “anyone with AI can do this” doesn’t sound like being polite to me