Except, there was no AI, but an alternative called an offshored development center. You would send your spec and design document and get, via email or FTP if they were really cutting-edge a number of files that would sometime compile and even, according to the legends, actually work. The way this tech worked is that you generally had to wait overnight for your spec to "mature" into code.
Some places figured out they could hire local engineers for about 5-10x what they paid for this "offshored development center" tech and get better results.
Except, there was no AI, but an alternative called an offshored development center. You would send your spec and design document and get, via email or FTP if they were really cutting-edge a number of files that would sometime compile and even, according to the legends, actually work. The way this tech worked is that you generally had to wait overnight for your spec to "mature" into code.
Some places figured out they could hire local engineers for about 5-10x what they paid for this "offshored development center" tech and get better results.