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How 2025 transformed AI from a developer tool into engineering infrastructure—and why operating it safely is now the real challenge.
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In 2025, AI stopped being an experiment and became embedded in engineering workflows. Copilots accelerated code generation, but the real bottleneck shifted downstream: reviewability, validation, traceability, and production safety. The winners weren’t teams using more AI—they were teams operating it with discipline, measurement, and guardrails. The next wave of autonomy depends on that foundation.