2026-09-24 · ai, engineering, product
Coding ≠ Software engineering
Code ≠ Product. You'd think that's common knowledge, but these keep getting conflated.
Coding ≠ Software engineering.
Code ≠ Product.
You'd think that's common knowledge, but I've seen so many debates where people conflate these.
- LLMs are amazing at coding.
- LLMs aren't great yet at software engineering.
- LLMs are garbage at product.
Product also spans the business model and commercial alignment.
Originally posted on LinkedIn, with a clarification from my comment on the post.