It was a never a velocity problem though, rapid progress comes mainly from designing better systems and building tight abstractions not by writing using the same primitives faster
The people that don't value good design will absolutely have a lot more rope from which to hang themselves.
Do you think that in 2026 maybe rapid progress can also come from using the same primitives faster?
I'm still figuring this out but I'm certainly open to the possibility.
Same techniques for both - the right abstractions, the right app architecture choices and layering.