These days, we celebrate “building an app in 2 hours”.

AI agents coming out of nowhere built by “vibe coding”.

All sorts of hacks, shortcuts, are celebrated. “Shipping fast” is what “matters”.

However, pretty much everything that makes a service reliable takes much more time.

Making sure API keys are not out there in the wild.

Protecting the databases so that information processed by AI is secure.

Testing an app to make sure user subscription management work.

Putting guardrails for the AI to resist jailbreaking attempts.

All of these required efforts take a significant time to happen.

Sure, it’s amazing to be able to progress at lightspeed.

But it’s all the more important to be able to stop and consider if we’re doing the right things.

What if we stopped celebrating speed for the sake of it?