AI Myths – What a Principal Engineer Actually Sees Day to Day
Generating code has become a commodity. That’s exactly why the software engineer’s role isn’t fading — it’s more important than ever.
I wrote up the AI myths I keep running into as a Principal Engineer: why “AI belongs everywhere” is wrong, why commit counts are a broken way to measure productivity, and why prompt precision actually saves real money.
It ends with a rule I’ve landed on for keeping AI in its lane — curious whether you agree.