Imagination, creativity, and a damn load of technical skill.

𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹. That’s how you build great software with AI.

I love building with AI.

After 25+ years as an engineer, architect and technology leader, I know I love building software more than ever now.

It’s more fun because AI changes where the hard work happens.

It puts more emphasis on:

💡 Strategy 🧠 Imagination 🎯 Problem solving ⚙️ Knowing what will actually work

𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗜 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴.

You need to know what’s technically feasible. What will scale. What will survive production. What will still be maintainable years from now.

Architecture matters. Engineering matters. Operations matter.

AI isn’t a magic box where a vague prompt produces great software.

Crap in, crap out still applies.

And that’s why I think AI is reminding us what software engineering was always really about:

𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲.

I don’t give a damn who writes the code.

👨‍💻 Me 👥 Someone on my team 🤖 An AI model

I care whether we understood the problem, designed the right solution, and built something that actually works.

And this is the part I enjoy.. no more waiting!

You can see a problem. You can see the solution in your head. And now you can turn that idea into working software just being able to describe it.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗮𝗽 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴.

AI isn’t replacing engineering. It’s giving engineers an incredibly powerful, and incredibly fun, new way to build.