Addy Osmani Warns Engineers to Preserve Critical Thinking in the Agent Era

Addy Osmani argues that as agents increasingly write code, critical thinking becomes the key skill engineers must deliberately preserve. His essay sparked broad developer discussion, with many agreeing judgment is now the only scarce remaining skill.

2026-11-03 ~ 2026-11-04 · 3 related posts

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