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title: "Is the craft dead?"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/is-the-craft-dead--q7u0m8yfu
source_url: http://feeds.hanselman.com/~/945480746/0/scotthanselman~Is-the-craft-dead
type: article
source: "Scott Hanselman"
published: 2026-02-08T22:33:00.124Z
updated: 2026-02-08T22:33:17.191Z
tags: ["ai", "career"]
reading_time: 2
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comments: 0
language: en
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# Is the craft dead?

**[Scott Hanselman](https://daily.dev/sources/hanselman)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Software craftsmanship remains valuable despite AI-assisted development tools. While AI can accelerate development beyond typing speed limitations, complex systems still require human judgment, good taste, and design skills. The evolution from assembly to high-level languages, Stack Overflow, and now AI represents continuous tooling improvements rather than the death of the craft. Developers will continue to play crucial roles as system architects and in cleaning up AI-generated code.

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