AI Won’t Just Build the Next App. It Will Rebuild the Old Ones.

Short summary

AI's biggest opportunity in web development isn't building new apps from scratch—it's modernizing existing products that companies already depend on daily. Rather than adding AI as a separate feature (like chatbots in corners), integrate it into existing workflows to reduce friction and automate repetition. Success requires workflow-first thinking and improving one valuable flow at a time without breaking the business.

• •AI modernization targets existing legacy products that companies depend on daily
• •Best AI features integrate invisibly into workflows, reducing friction instead of forcing new processes
• •Start with workflow problems and user pain points, not technology stack choices

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