As a solo developer working in enterprise systems (ABAP — yes, that's still a thing and yes, it looks the same as 20 years ago), AI tools didn't intensify my work — they unlocked work I couldn't do before.

Even within ABAP, Claude handles the stuff nobody wants to touch. Recursive methods that cost me sleepless nights, test drivers that everyone agrees are important but nobody actually wants to write. That alone is huge.

But the real game changer? It gave me the possibility to build things outside my usual stack that I never would have attempted alone. The limit used to be time and team size. Now it feels like the only limit is imagination.