The 10x AI software engineer

As I’ve said before, AI isn’t coming for your dev job anytime soon. But it is changing how we build.

AI is making developers way more efficient—which means you may not need a team of 20 engineers to ship something great. In fact, building this very platform you’re reading on, I’ve personally seen AI turn weeks of work into a few focused hours.

But let’s be real—it’s still not magic.

Working with AI is like pairing with an enthusiastic junior dev who never sleeps: fast, helpful, but prone to making a mess. There’s still a ton you need to do yourself:

Real engineering Creative thinking Config and infrastructure API integrations Testing and QA DevOps work Performance tuning

…and that’s just scratching the surface.

So where’s this all going?

No one really knows. But what’s clear is this: AI is reshaping how software gets built. Products that used to take weeks now ship in days. The bar is no longer just can you build it, but how good can you make it—and how fast.

The value isn’t in being first to market anymore. It’s in building something people can’t imagine working without.