Thorsten Ball slams senior engineers posing as 'Stewards of the Craft' against AI
zeeg · x · 2026-10-12
Thorsten Ball (Amp) calls out senior engineers who, as AI reshapes the industry, cast themselves as 'Stewards of the Craft of Programming' — preaching the virtue of hand-written code, Good Code and craftsmanship as if the golden age of 2024 still holds.
He grants some of it is true — deep knowledge of languages, good code and architecture still matter — but argues these engineers dodge the real issue: nobody knows how far AI will change the industry, and pretending otherwise is self-deception. The post drew wide reactions ('shots fired'), fueling an ongoing developer-community debate.
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