Why the layers piled up, why we returned to the server, and why the stack survives even after agents. And why the survival of a stack and the value of the people who know it are two separate things
The friction that made judgment expensive is the same friction that taught it. Why the skill growing most valuable in the AI era is the one being cultivated least
If the spec is satisfied and the bugs get fixed, do you still need to be able to read the code? Understanding doesn't disappear — this essay traces where it moves.
The claim that job boundaries are collapsing is only half true. What collapses is production; judgment and responsibility remain.
I'm definitely coding faster, but why are my codebase and skills staying the same? Examining the gap between perceived and proven benefits.
AI coding tools aren't changing developers—they're changing the nature of what developers do.
I don't know what the future holds, but shouldn't we just keep developing diligently?
