🧠 AI is not replacing developers — it’s exposing the gap between them

The discussion around AI in software engineering is often polarized: AI will replace developers AI is just another tool Neither framing is particularly useful. What is actually happening is more structural: AI is raising the baseline of software development. The baseline is no longer a differentiator Activities that historically differentiated developers are becoming increasingly commoditized: Writing syntactically correct, functional code Integrating APIs and SDKs Implementing standard patterns