Comment by simianwords

> Furthermore, I always have this underlying question: why are we building software factories in the first place? Where are we manufacturing the people who will actually buy all this?

You say this but then

> Now, AI handles most of the basics by default. Things that were once highly praised are now just the baseline. To create something actually worth selling today, you have to break the existing grammar entirely, build much more complex architectures, and offer deeper features. Given this new standard, I seriously question whether mass production is the right answer.

To do something much more complicated, you need to rework the fundamental ways of working which is exactly what the author is proposing. I think you are already sold that this is the base line (but it doesn't seem like it based on your post).