05/06/2026
AI has automated the typing. 💻
But it hasn't automated the thinking. 🧠
Recently, I gave a TEDx talk where I shared a hard truth I learned after using AI to build a dozen apps, write a book, and recover a hacked database in a single evening.
The barrier to building software has never been lower. But because we can build so fast, the cost of building the wrong thing is higher than ever.
In the past, developers were coders. Today, we must become "Orchestrators."
If you aren't practicing "Context Engineering"—deliberately structuring what you feed an AI before asking it to act—you aren't engineering. You're just typing faster.
I break down exactly what this means for the future of our industry in my full TEDx talk.
The TedX talk is now published. Check it out!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HJc84rHBks
Let me know: Are you typing, or are you thinking?