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Re:Being an Engineer in 2026 by trymas on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @05:49AM (#50438493)
Not OC you replied to.

I had similar question as you and conclusion as OC.

My answer maybe abstract in some ways, but:

- something that requires network effects, e.g social media, even twitter with megahitler stuff is going strong. Even though twitter's base app model could be done in 30min by LLM;

- something that maps to infrastructure in someway. Good luck copying Cloudflare, residential proxy provider, established email provider or VPS with LLM in a weekend. Though parts of it are definitely easier;

- something that is a platform (adjacent to first point). Google's search platform, ads, docs, youtube, music, email, business tools, etc. Similar to Meta (seemingly half of the world's small businesses control their business with whatsapp) and others. Though parts of those platforms can be disrupted with LLMs;

Re:Being an Engineer in 2026 by orbis-tertius on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @06:54AM (#50439035)
Yeah agree with this, these seem like genuine moats for now (we'll see whether this is still true in 6-12 months)
Re:Being an Engineer in 2026 by jgilias on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @08:47AM (#50440294)
Right, but all of those examples are - if you’re already big and established, that’s your moat.