AI stance is not binary

The author argues that AI debates falsely present only two options—full delegation or full rejection—and proposes a third model using a relay-race analogy: humans and machines split the work rather than competing on the same course. Engineers should keep the difficult parts (understanding problems, architecture, trade-offs, review, debugging) while AI handles exploration, repetitive code, tests, and well-defined components. The piece critiques both the "AI makes engineers obsolete" view and DHH's reported default-agent approach at 37signals as treating software engineering as a race for maximum output.