AI: we need fewer developers, but in a different way
A practical account of how Claude, OpenAI, Perplexity and n8n change prototyping, technical autonomy and the role of specialist developers in a small digital firm.
AI is allowing small teams to prototype, automate and solve technical problems much earlier in a project. Developers remain essential, but their contribution shifts toward architecture, validation, security and production quality.
We need fewer developers, but in a different way’. The story of a digital agency that has changed the way it works with SMEs using AI.
What artificial intelligence is really changing in the day-to-day life of a small tech firm — from someone who has experienced it from the inside. AI doesn’t replace developers. But it has profoundly changed the way we work with them.