Comment by softwaredoug

Yes, I would argue good (stable, fast, easy to use) software was somewhat of a moat and much harder before coding agents.

Stripe, Square, Shopify, Google, all thrived in some part because their services take a hard problem and make it easier to use. Now more people can take a hard problem and make it easier to use.

All you have to do is look around (esp 5+ years ago) and see the many many BAD, unstable, hard to use, slow, etc versions of these companies