Kevin Surace argues that AI reveals what developers actually do: deliver features fast, not write perfect code. When AI handles the tedious parts, developers realize their real job is satisfying customers quickly, not crafting line-by-line.
AI is exposing something most people completely misunderstand about their job. At first, developers said, but this is taking away all my joy. And then they figured out over several months that they have more joy because they're able to deliver features faster. And in fact, that was the whole goal of their job. The goal of their job wasn't to write line by line. The goal of their job was to deliver what the customer, client, prospect, whatever it was, wanted as fast as possible. That end user never cared how you did it. They didn't care that you wrote code or didn't write code. They only cared about one thing. Can I get my feature fast, and now they can.
