08/21/2026
A founder launched an app in January and proudly said he didn't write a single line of code. AI built the whole thing.
72 hours later: 1.5 million security tokens and 35,000 email addresses exposed.
Here's the industry-wide number behind that story: 45% of AI-generated code contains a known class of security flaw. The code RUNS. The demo works. The hole ships anyway.
I build with AI every day and it's incredible. But "it works" and "it's built" have never been the same thing. The difference is somebody who reads every line and knows which half to throw back.
That's what you're actually paying a developer for in 2026.