Adam Jacob: rebuild engineering around AI and craftsmanship comes back
RealGeneKim · x · 2026-10-28
Adam Jacob argues engineers now split into three camps: rejecting AI, bolting it onto existing workflows, or rebuilding engineering around it. The felt loss of craftsmanship hits the middle camp; those who rebuild the whole way products are made get flow and pride back, because deciding the architecture is still engineering.
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