AI Didn't Remove the Engineering Work. It Just Made It Easier to Pretend You Did.
Description and use
<p>On September 15, India — along with Sri Lanka and Tanzania — celebrates Engineer's Day, marking the birth anniversary of Sir M. Visvesvaraya. He was responsible for major irrigation and water-management projects, including the Krishna Raja Sagara Dam, and pioneered an automatic water-floodgate system first installed at the Khadakvasla Reservoir. He never called himself a founder. He was too busy building things that had to actually hold water.</p> <p>I bring him up because somewhere between AI coding tools and the "building in public" era, a lot of people have quietly lowered the bar for wh
Problem
<p>On September 15, India — along with Sri Lanka and Tanzania — celebrates Engineer's Day, marking the birth anniversary of Sir M. Visvesvaraya. He was responsible for major irrigation and water-management projects, including the Krishna Raja Sagara Dam, and pioneered an automatic water-floodgate system first installed at the Khadakvasla Reservoir. He never called himself a founder. He was too busy building things that had to actually hold water.</p> <p>I bring him up because somewhere between AI coding tools and the "building in public" era, a lot of people have quietly lowered the bar for wh
Outcome
<p>On September 15, India — along with Sri Lanka and Tanzania — celebrates Engineer's Day, marking the birth anniversary of Sir M. Visvesvaraya. He was responsible for major irrigation and water-management projects, including the Krishna Raja Sagara Dam, and pioneered an automatic water-floodgate system first installed at the Khadakvasla Reservoir. He never called himself a founder. He was too busy building things that had to actually hold water.</p> <p>I bring him up because somewhere between AI coding tools and the "building in public" era, a lot of people have quietly lowered the bar for wh
Evidence
AI Didn't Remove the Engineering Work. It Just Made It Easier to Pretend You Did.
- Record date: 2026-09-15T11:31:12.477Z