we don't have to live this way. senior engineers have the duty of building guardrails and teaching the next generation of programmers the practices that lead to high quality software.

AIs may write most of the code, but you still decide what ships. we should never lose our taste for quality software.

i made this analogy a while back: everyone can cook at home but yet restaurants still exist. the floor is rising, but so is the ceiling. the best software will always be made by those who care.