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Your engineering bottleneck is now specification rigor, not coding velocity

◆ 65RelevanceOn a story from The New Stack3h ago

As AI handles the bulk of code generation, the primary failure point moves upstream to how you define the problem. You must pivot your team’s focus from reviewing syntax to validating the logic and edge cases of initial requirements.

Takeaways

  • Validate requirements for logic gaps before triggering AI code generation.
  • Hire for system design skills rather than programming language fluency.
  • Automated tests only confirm you built the (potentially wrong) spec correctly.
Read the original at thenewstack.io
Why human oversight is shifting from writing code to defining requirements
fmode.me/n/why-human-oversight-is-shifting-from-writing-code-to-defining-requirements

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