The article argues that AI is eroding the 'middle class' of software engineering by enabling faster but lower-quality code output. The author describes how AI-generated PRs have grown dramatically in size, making code review increasingly difficult and leading to accumulating technical debt that teams may not realize until problems become unmanageable.
Background
As AI coding assistants like GitHub Copilot and Claude become widespread, debates are growing about their impact on code quality, team dynamics, and career progression in software engineering.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Aug 13, 2026 at 10:03 PM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10