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Code Is Cheap. Engineering Judgement Is Now the Scarce Resource

Towards Data Science Clara Chong June 2, 2026
Code Is Cheap. Engineering Judgement Is Now the Scarce Resource
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# Code Is Cheap. Engineering Judgment Is Now the Scarce Resource The hard part of building AI products isn't writing the code anymore—it's figuring out what's actually worth building and making sure it works well. As AI tools make coding faster and easier, the real bottleneck has shifted to decision-making: who owns the project, how do you know if it's any good, and do customers actually need what you're making?

The barriers to building have collapsed. That shifts the bottleneck to ownership, validation, taste, and deciding what should actually exist The post Code Is Cheap. Engineering Judgement Is Now the Scarce Resource appeared first on Towards Data Science.

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