Opinion: AI is Just the Next Chapter in Software Engineering, Not the End
bendee983 · x · 2026-08-14
In response to the recent extreme narrative that "software engineering is dead," developer @bendee983 offers a more rational perspective. He argues that software engineering has always evolved dramatically—from machine code to high-level languages to cloud computing—and AI is simply the latest chapter in this continuous evolution.
He emphasizes that denying the impact of AI will leave one behind, but panicking about the end of software engineering is equally misguided. The real future lies in embracing change and finding new engineering value in the AI era.
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