Clarification: High-level thinking rules, but implementation details still make or break you.
The data structures you pick, the size of your payloads, and where they sit in the flow matter deeply.
AI handles the syntax, but mastering low-level mechanics is your unfair advantage.
How much of your code is AI, and how much is you mastering abstraction?
90% of software engineering today isn't about memorizing algorithms anymore, it鈥檚 about high-level thinking without getting bogged down in implementation details.