When Anyone Can Build Software, Who Decides What Not to Build?
The author argues that as generative AI makes software production cheaper, the role of enterprise architecture must shift from creating documentation to exercising human judgment. The core value now lies in deciding what should not be built to avoid long-term organizational consequences.
Why it matters
It addresses the changing nature of technical leadership in an era where AI can automate the execution of software architecture tasks.
Product Management Productivity Business Software Architecture When Anyone Can Build Software, Who Decides What Not to Build? Generation is the cheap part. Deciding what deserves to become permanent is not. Younss 11 min read · 1 hour ago --
The views here are my own. The examples are composites drawn from twenty years across several institutions, and none of them describes any particular situation.
An appealing assumption is gaining ground: now that generative models can write code, map integrations, and produce technical documentation in seconds, enterprise architecture is an expensive relic of a slower era.
Before I argue against that, let me concede the part that is true, because most defenses of our profession skip it and lose the room in the process.
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