Team size is a product requirement
A tool that works beautifully for one builder can fail as soon as several people need to understand, change, and trust it.
The most important technical requirement is sometimes the number of people who need to touch the thing.
A single owner can move quickly with a vibe-coded internal tool. They know the context, can tolerate rough edges, and can repair problems as they appear. The software can be temporary because the relationship between builder and code is direct.
Add a team and the requirements change. Now the project needs shared structure, visible state, permissions, review, history, and confidence that a fix in one place did not quietly break another. The challenge is no longer just generating code. It is coordinating people around a system that must survive more than one person’s attention.
That is a useful test before choosing a tool: How many people must safely manage this over time?
If the answer is one, speed may dominate. If the answer is twelve, coordination is part of the product.
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