If you are an indie hacker, a solo developer, or a technical founder, you know the drill: you can build the product in a weekend, but creating the promotional video and marketing assets takes an entire week. Historically, video creation has been the ultimate friction point for developers. We are comfortable in VS Code, not Adobe Premiere. We don't want to mess with timelines, keyframes, or syncing audio tracks. We just want to ship. Fortunately, 2026 has brought a massive shift in how generative AI handles video, and more importantly, how accessible it has become. The Shift from Enterprise to "Zero-Budget" Automation A year ago, generative AI models like Sora or early iterations of Runway were expensive and slow. They were built for enterprise marketing teams, not solo devs trying to launch a SaaS product on Product Hunt. Now, the landscape has completely flipped.…