> If all an engineer did all day was build apps from scratch, with no expectation that others may come along and extend, build on top of, or depend on, then sur

> If all an engineer did all day was build apps from scratch, with no expectation that others may come along and extend, build on top of, or depend on, then sure, Opus 4.5 could replace them. Why do they need to be replaced? Programmers are in the perfect place to use AI coding tools productively. It makes them more valuable.