AI is forcing software engineering to become a real engineering discipline
IgorCarron · x · 2026-10-04
- BrierRat argues AI is forcing software engineering to mature into a real engineering field, drawing an analogy to mechanical engineering: computational tools like FEA, CFD, and CAD shifted that 100+ year-old discipline from teaching "shoveling techniques" to teaching the theory of where to dig — right around when software engineering was born.
- IgorCarron endorses the view, suggesting AI is driving a similar shift in software engineering: away from code-writing technique toward deeper theory and judgment.
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