# Explaining to business people why building software is still hard

DevFeed: [Explaining to business people why building software is still hard](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/explaining-to-business-people-why-building-software-is-still-hard-32324.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://newsletter.manager.dev/newsletter/cursing-the-day-lovable-was-born>)

Author: Anton Zaides

Published: 2026-07-14T06:01:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Manager.dev](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/manager-dev.md>)

Topics: [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [llms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llms.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [software-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-engineering.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article explains why software projects can become unexpectedly difficult despite rapid early progress. Using a hackathon project built with Lovable as an example, it discusses bugs, slowness, infrastructure work, refactoring, and the gap between technical complexity and business expectations.

## Source excerpt

Explaining to business people why building software is still hard