TLDR Dev · OPINIONS & ADVICE

WHEN CODE IS CHEAP, JUDGEMENT BECOMES THE JOB

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As AI makes code production cheap, the scarce work shifts to choosing priorities, reviewing product behavior, maintaining architecture, and owning outcomes in production. Senior engineers create leverage by turning repeated review feedback into guidance and deterministic lint rules while keeping human judgment for business context.