Everyone’s saying we need to throw out the old rules because AI changes everything.

I disagree.

Software quality matters more now, not less.

Good engineering principles let you focus on solving new problems, rather than spending time and tokens fixing problems your agent created.

Matt Pocock – AIHero.dev newsletter

A point that resonates strongly with me. AI increases development speed, but without strong engineering practices it also increases the speed at which bad systems are created.