--- title: Where the Automation Has to Stop | daily.dev description: An opinion piece exploring the boundaries of automation in software development, examining where human judgment and decision-making remain essential and cannot... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/where-the-automation-has-to-stop-oadeselyf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Where the Automation Has to Stop | daily.dev og:description: An opinion piece exploring the boundaries of automation in software development, examining where human judgment and decision-making remain essential and cannot... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/where-the-automation-has-to-stop-oadeselyf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/oADeSELYF.png og:image:alt: Where the Automation Has to Stop og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Where the Automation Has to Stop **[Yusuf Aytas](https://daily.dev/sources/yusufaytas)** · [@yusufaytas](https://daily.dev/yusufaytas) · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An opinion piece exploring the boundaries of automation in software development, examining where human judgment and decision-making remain essential and cannot or should not be replaced by automated processes or AI tools. ## Content [https://yusufaytas.com/where-the-automation-has-to-stop](https://yusufaytas.com/where-the-automation-has-to-stop) ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [What Should Remain Human When AI Can Do the Work?](https://daily.dev/posts/what-should-remain-human-when-ai-can-do-the-work--y6g8iprul) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The Human in the Loop](https://daily.dev/posts/the-human-in-the-loop-zeb3ucrxg) · Adventures in Nodeland · 176 upvotes · 16 comments --- Tags: [#automation](https://daily.dev/tags/automation), [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/where-the-automation-has-to-stop-oadeselyf) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/where-the-automation-has-to-stop-oadeselyf","headline":"Where the Automation Has to Stop","text":"An opinion piece exploring the boundaries of automation in software development, examining where human judgment and decision-making remain essential and cannot or should not be replaced by automated processes or AI tools.","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/where-the-automation-has-to-stop-oadeselyf","datePublished":"2026-07-12T19:52:49.150Z","dateModified":"2026-07-12T19:53:01.305Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Yusuf Aytas","url":"https://daily.dev/yusufaytas","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1049483?v=4","description":"I’m a seasoned software engineer, leader and author.","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":300}},"interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/squads/yusufaytas","name":"Yusuf Aytas"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Yusuf Aytas","item":"https://daily.dev/squads/yusufaytas"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Where the Automation Has to Stop"}]} ```