The future of software engineering is SRE

As AI makes writing code easier, the real value in software engineering shifts to operational excellence and reliability. Building a working demo is straightforward, but running a service reliably at scale over time requires true engineering expertise. The hard challenges include maintaining uptime, handling failures gracefully, managing security, coordinating distributed teams, and ensuring systems work consistently for years. Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) skills become increasingly critical as the industry moves beyond throwaway demos to services people can trust and depend on.