Engineering management after the cost of code collapsed

# Summary A director of engineering argues that while LLMs have dramatically reduced the cost of producing code, most traditional management practices should be re-evaluated based on their underlying assumptions rather than simply discarded as outdated. Many rules that depended on the high cost of coding may no longer apply, but those rooted in human coordination, trust, and verification remain valid. He cautions against broad claims about AI-driven productivity gains, noting that evidence for dramatic speedups is limited and often inconsistent across different types of work.