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If you think your codebase is your competitive advantage or trade secret, you're in for bad time. AI coding has made code cheap it's the least valuable part of the value add for most companies. Almost any software company can easily be replicated with a few AI prompts. The real proprietary value is in the marketing distribution partnerships and data, not code.

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> If you think your codebase is your competitive advantage or trade secret, you're in for bad time.

Obviously most developers know better, but you know who doesn't care what you think? The owner(s) of the business, and various other stakeholders. Try explaining this concept to them, and see if they get it :)

The people who work in codebases that are tightly guarded aren't guarded because the developers say so, of course.

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