To be fair I wasn't agreeing with the "API in 20 minutes approach" I was only pointing out the contrast between that and something like this.

As I tried to allude too, AI written APIs often have security, performance, maintainability and a whole slew of other issues.

But at the same time, I think "blank video on your phone for 20 minutes" is a bit of a stretch. These AI generated APIs have problems for certain but they are working software and in many cases better working software than a non-coder or junior engineer could have written in a much longer time.

And while I don't like the idea of tons of insecure poorly architected APIs being out there, the realty is, people are using AI generated APIs in the real-world right now, it's not hypothetical.