From Walking to Sprinting
Admins who understand the platform, the object model, sharing rules, governor limits, always had the hard part figured out. The only thing between them and code was syntax.
That barrier is basically gone now.
Tools like Claude Code mean you can describe what you need and get working Apex, working LWC, working integrations. Not throwaway prototypes. Real, deployable solutions.
It still matters to understand what the code is doing. You should know why a trigger fires, what a component lifecycle looks like, how bulk operations behave. But you don't need to memorise the syntax to get started. You can learn by building, which is how most people learn best anyway.
The thing that's changed isn't who's allowed to build. It's how easy it is to run with an idea. If you know your org and you know your problem, you can ship something real. Faster than ever before.