Leveraging AI as a Software Engineer: What Actually Works

I have been using AI coding assistants seriously for about a year — not casually, not experimentally, but as a core part of how I do my job every day. This is not a post about AI generating code. It is about how AI changes the way an experienced engineer thinks, investigates, and makes decisions. The Shift That Actually Matters # The naive version of AI-assisted development is: you describe what…