--- title: Medium | daily.dev description: As AI tools make implementation faster and easier, the real differentiator for Flutter developers is shifting from coding speed to decision-making quality. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/medium-gkn2raw3n twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Medium | daily.dev og:description: As AI tools make implementation faster and easier, the real differentiator for Flutter developers is shifting from coding speed to decision-making quality. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/medium-gkn2raw3n og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gKn2RaW3n.png og:image:alt: Medium og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Medium **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary As AI tools make implementation faster and easier, the real differentiator for Flutter developers is shifting from coding speed to decision-making quality. The ability to ask 'should we build this?' before writing a line of code — and sometimes deciding not to build at all — is argued to be the most underrated engineering skill. Every unnecessary feature adds maintenance burden, complexity, and technical debt. 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