AI demands more engineering discipline. Not less

Charity Majors clarifies she is not telling anyone to skip code review. She traces how AI code generation went from 'slop' to median-engineer quality with Opus 4.5 in late 2025, making code production nearly free. The real product of a team is shared understanding, not lines of code. The post does not spell out specific new disciplines she recommends.

Why it matters: Charity Majors clarifies she's not telling teams to skip code review — the real argument is that old disciplines (reading code to understand systems) break when code production cost approaches zero. The Opus 4.5 timeline gives it a concrete anchor, but the post doesn't spell o...