Is saying "no" the biggest part of the job now?
rakyll · x · 2026-08-27
A senior developer suggests a counterintuitive take: as AI makes saying "yes" (implementing features) easier than ever, learning to say "no" (judging value and boundaries) might have become the biggest part of an engineer's job.
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