Essay likens AI coding shift to stonemasons-to-carpenters bridge-building change
An essay draws a parallel between the historical shift in bridge construction from stonemasons hand-placing stone to carpenters building wooden forms for poured concrete, and today's shift in software development driven by AI code generation. The author argues developers are moving from directly writing code line-by-line, like stonemasons, to constructing structures such as tests, documentation and guardrails that shape what AI generates, akin to carpenters building molds.