AI Can Write Your Code. Who's Testing Your Thinking?

Dev.to AI
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AI Can Write Your Code. Who's Testing Your Thinking? The most undervalued role in tech isn't developer - it's the tester who thinks like an architect, a user, and a strategist. Something strange is happening in tech hiring. Companies are racing to adopt AI coding tools. GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q, Cursor, Claude - the list grows every month. Engineering teams are shipping faster than ever. Code generation is approaching commodity status. And yet, the quality of products hasn't improved at the same rate. We're building the wrong things faster.