I've always wondered about this. Prior to the modern era, developers didn't have StackOverflow or tech blogs written by people who have already done the legwork, imparting their wisdom. Does it mean that it's cheaper to gain coding knowledge now? And how do we combat that, to make it so we do understand what we're doing?
I think it's really much cheaper and faster, and we're living in amazing times. It's just so easy to abuse these opportunities.