What is the formula for a blockbuster Bollywood movie?

If you are a traditionalist, the answer might be: hire a superstar pair of leading hero and heroine, amazing music and lots of marketing buzz. Gets you a 100 Cr opening.
If you are inspired by OTT movements, the answer might be: get a good script, hire good actors, and by the way it’s good if they are also superstars and throw in some good music.
If you are a trendsetter, then you might say: a relatable script, a great storyteller director, lots of good actors -even for smaller roles- music that flows with the theme of the movie and get amazing technicians on sound, lights, editing, action and props.

Now pls come to the buzz we hear on how development teams should shape up in the era of AI generated code: Some say we need more expert generalists, some say have 2-person pods, some the difference between roles has vanished and everyone is a product engineer now, some say freshers have no future, some say you don’t even need teams now -just have multi-agent goal loops.

The fun part is that all of these are possibilities. The business that gets hard cash relies on the outcome, not the team topologies.

But what happens when the whole business is about selling tools for software development? A singular outcome -that works well for the strength of the tool being sold but hides its flaws and assumes a certain density of talent-motivation-remuneration.

That is a talent agency telling you how to make a blockbuster movie! It is even lining up relevant experts to convince you about it.

So, AI-generated code is a good accelerator, but there are many ways to structure your setup and get the best software for your business.

There is a definite case for everyone to reflect on theirs; but to give advice assuming everyone is a Valley-based SaaS company that works in the consumer space only, skips enterprise, has no diversity of domain, doesn’t need customization, doesn’t have to catch up to regulations and region diversity, hires only Stanford CTOs and Harvard MBAs as staff, has the means to navigate vendor lock in, is into consulting business and lastly has soverign backing is saying why dont i and you are as fit and goodlooking like bard pitt and tom cruise. Well …..