We Might All Be AI Engineers Now
March 11, 2026
Everyone knows the models are good now. That’s not news. But most people still miss the point. They see AI-generated code, call it slop, and move on. Sure, unguided, it is slop. But guided? The models can write better code than most developers. That’s the part people don’t want to sit with. When guided. When you know what you want. When you know what architecture to reach for. When you understand the tradeoffs and can articulate them clearly. The game goes on easy mode.
If you’ve spent years building it, understanding systems, understanding architecture, understanding why things break, you’re not being replaced. You’re being amplified.
This aligns with my experience and thinking–though the question is is this for say th next few months or couple of years? Or forever?
