The Hammer Always Fits: When AI Becomes the Only Tool in Your Developer’s Toolbox
The productivity gains from AI coding tools are real. So is the quiet erosion happening underneath them. Enterprises are deploying Copilot, Claude, and Cursor across engineering teams, measuring code velocity, and calling it a win - while the engineering judgment those tools depend on slowly atrophies. This isn't a story about AI being bad. It's a story about what happens when an organization normalizes reaching for the most powerful tool regardless of what the problem actually is. When a Screenshot Becomes an Integration Strategy In one of the engagements, I watched a developer demonstrate how an LLM-based agent could "interact" [...]