Reflections on Software Engineering in the Age of AI
A software engineer reflects on how AI has shifted the programming workflow from creative generation to editorial supervision. The author argues that while AI excels at writing code, senior developers remain essential for architectural oversight and security.
Why it matters
It addresses the evolving role of human expertise in an industry increasingly reliant on generative AI tools.
For those of you who don't know, when I'm not writing novels, I spend my days as a software engineer, writing code. The software industry these days relies heavily on artificial intelligence. Because it has studied trillions of lines of publicly accessible source code, because code solves problems with testable right and wrong solutions, and because code is structured specifically to be understood by computers, AI has gotten very good at writing code.
The piece provides a balanced professional perspective on industry trends without partisan framing.
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