AI, Ashby Engineering, and the future

Since August 2025, over half of Ashby Engineering's new production code has been AI-generated without triggering a spike in customer issues, demonstrating that AI can safely augment developer productivity at scale. The company's engineering leadership argues that while AI will automate mechanical coding tasks, engineers' value increasingly lies in judgment, taste, and customer understanding—skills that AI cannot replace. Ashby operates on two core principles: empathy cannot be replaced by AI, and engineers remain responsible for what they ship.