The future of software engineering is SRE

kept by eddie jan 26

As AI-generated code reduces the cost of writing software, the value of software engineering will shift to operational excellence, making SRE the most critical discipline.

The future of software engineering is SRE
As AI makes coding cheaper, operational excellence and reliability engineering become the key differentiator, shifting software engineering's focus from writing code to keeping it running.
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DNS is for people - not for IT infrastructure
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Operations should be reclaimed as a term of pride, not a synonym for toil, because it is a vital and difficult engineering function distinct from product development.
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