THE TACIT DIMENSION: WHY YOUR BEST ENGINEERS CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT THEY KNOW

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Software engineering expertise relies on tacit knowledge, an intuitive understanding that AI cannot grasp since it is only trained on explicit text and code. Over-reliance on AI risks losing such important architectural knowledge, making senior engineers and apprenticeship irreplaceable for transmitting these complex, unwritten insights.