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A freelance developer describes finishing a 12-week compliance software project in three hours with Claude Code, then sitting with the uncomfortable question of what that means for their career. They left a SaaS job specifically to get ahead of AI disruption, leaned into tools like Codex and Gemini CLI, and found more client demand than ever. But the speed itself became the problem – if motivated non-developers can watch you ship a full app in an afternoon, the knowledge gap protecting your livelihood shrinks fast. This kind of first-person account has become more common since late 2025, particularly among mid-career developers who built identity around deep implementation skill rather than domain expertise.
