Software Development Is Just Code Review
AI did not change the job as much as it removed a convenient story. The hard part was always reading, reviewing, and deciding what deserved to ship.
Notes from systems that survived the slide deck.
Essays about software, AI tooling, code review, and the parts of engineering that get interesting once reality starts asking follow-up questions.
AI Skills Are the Worst of Both Worlds
Agent skills promise dynamic capability lookup, then quietly hand you a static knowledge base with a fuzzy search box and a maintenance contract.