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Matias Heikkilä
Matias Heikkilä

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AI Can Code, But It Can't Build Software

Artificial intelligence can now write code, sometimes impressively so. But building software is far more than just coding. It involves system design, trade-offs, teamwork, and long-term thinking that go beyond syntax and automation.

In this post, I explore the real difference between coding and software engineering, and why AI tools still fall short of replacing the human side of engineering.

Read the full article here:

https://bytesauna.com/post/coding-vs-software-engineering


Do you think AI will ever understand the why behind software?

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