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The push to replace software engineers isn't always a technical prediction. Sometimes it's a reaction to the leverage we hold.

If you’re an engineer, here’s the play

Use the tools. Don’t worship them. Don’t ignore them.

Let AI handle the stuff you shouldn’t be spending your life on:

  • repetitive scaffolding
  • “write the boring version of this”
  • first drafts
  • searching for the right API calls
  • turning a concept into a starting point

Then do what engineers have always done:

  • make it correct
  • make it simple
  • make it maintainable
  • make it real

Because the magic isn’t “typing code.”

The magic is turning messy human intent into something a computer can execute—reliably—in the real world.

And that part still needs you.