#3 - Robert Welch - Is AI Making Engineers Worse?
Published on Aug 8, 2025, 12:59:11 PM
Total time: 00:51:33
Published on Aug 8, 2025, 12:59:11 PM
Total time: 00:51:33
Are AI tools making engineers worse—or just exposing who’s coasting?
Robert Welch (Chief Innovation Officer at APM Help) shares how his team ships zero-to-one products fast without letting AI erode core skills. We get into the guardrails that keep quality high (tests, CI/CD, enterprise privacy/no data retention), the difference between designing systems vs pasting code, and why AI should augment—not replace—judgment.
Plus: protecting yourself from scams, humanoid robots in property ops, and whether AI music can ever rival human craft.
AI’s trade-off: speed vs. skill erosion
Guardrails that keep quality: tests, CI/CD, code review, metrics
Security & compliance in AI dev
Augment, don’t abdicate: think first, code second
Preserve craft: write tests, run reviews
Measure quality, not just speed: defects, rollbacks, coverage
Protect data and yourself: approved tooling, least-privilege, verify suspicious requests
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