Why AI Focused On Coding Before Everything Else
Why AI automated coding before law, design, or strategy, and what the verifiability thesis reveals about where automation goes next for product leaders.
Why AI Took Coding Before Everything Else Code has a built-in feedback loop that law, strategy, and design don't. That single property explains the automation sequence and maps which parts of the PM role automate next. Nilesh Barla Apr 04, 2026 212 1 Share TLDR : AI automated coding before law, design, or strategy because code has a built-in feedback loop. Meaning, you can run tests and know immediately whether it worked. That property, which barely exists anywhere else in knowledge work, is why autonomous AI iteration was possible in software first. Understanding that logic tells you what to
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