How AI reshapes eng teams: keep a smaller crew to maintain, not rebuild
sahilypatel · x · 2026-09-11
Sahil Patel notes that companies adopting AI don't always replace engineers with cheaper ones — they usually keep a smaller team to keep the product running, reasoning that once the core product is built, maintaining it shouldn't require the headcount it took to build.
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