Originally published on lavkesh.com
My first thought that day was a mix of amazement and trepidation. An AI tool generated working code faster than I could finish my coffee, and it was both exhilarating and unsettling.
At first, it felt uncomfortable to see my work being done so efficiently. But then excitement kicked in, followed by a sense of clarity. It became obvious that the job of a software engineer was changing, but it wasn't disappearing.
I've been noticing a shift in my work as a software engineer. AI-powered tools can now generate boilerplate instantly, write unit tests and documentation, refactor messy logic, and suggest architectural patterns. This used to take hours, but now it's trivial.
The most valuable part of my job has never been writing code, but thinking. AI is great at producing answers, but it's not great at understanding whether those answers are right or not.