Fundamentals That Still Matter in the AI Era
AI is changing how software gets built. But the durable value in engineering is shifting toward judgment, architecture, communication, domain depth, and ownership. Introduction AI can generate code, explain APIs, draft tests, and help teams move faster. That is useful. But it does not remove the need for strong engineering fundamentals. In many cases, it makes those fundamentals more important. When code becomes cheaper to produce, the expensive questions become: ...