AI Writes Code, Humans Build Systems
Generative AI tools may produce code quickly, but managing, understanding, and integrating that code into real-world systems remains a complex challenge. Writing code is the easiest part of software engineering, while the true difficulty lies in maintaining and evolving systems over time.
Charity Majors writes for Stack Overflow
Writing code is the easiest part of software engineering, and it’s getting easier by the day. The hard parts are what you do with that code—operating it, understanding it, extending it, and governing it over its entire lifecycle.
The industry cannot afford to replace junior engineers with AI, as it undermines the future growth and mentorship necessary for sustainable engineering teams.