Quoting Terk Terkowitz

simonwillison.net/programming 2026-10-28 1 min read original #agentic-engineering #ai #amazon #generative-ai #llms

If your work does not benefit from current AI tooling, that is a finding, not a failing. Document why, share it with your community of peers, bring it to your manager, and work to find solutions. An engineer who can explain where AI does not yet help their work is demonstrating the judgement we are asking for.

— Terk Terkowitz, An update from Amazon engineering leadership on the role of the developer in the age of AI

Posted 28th October 2026 at 10:09 am

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This is a quotation collected by Simon Willison, posted on 28th October 2026.

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