The Stamp Carver vs. The Factory Builder
🇰🇷 한국어 버전 읽기 This post was originally published on the MUSINSA Tech Blog in Korean. This is the English adaptation. A note from 2026: I wrote this when AI-driven change was already well underway — but it has only accelerated since. The progression from ‘How’ to ‘Why’ was already underway — but AI has pushed it one step beyond, to ‘What.’ As implementation costs plummet with AI-assisted coding, the ‘Micro’ (How) is being commoditized faster than anyone expected. The ‘Macro’ perspective — asking ‘Why’ and especially ‘What should we build?’ — has become not just valuable but essential. Looking back, this framing feels even more relevant now, perhaps even understated at the time. That’s why I’m resharing it here — as a lens for reading what’s happening around us. ...