Every generation inherits new magic. Only wisdom turns it into craftsmanship. Every Generation Thinks It Is Witnessing the Greatest Revolution Every generation of software engineers believes it is living through the greatest technological shift the profession has ever seen. The names of the technologies change, but the conversation rarely does. Yesterday it was object-oriented programming, the internet, cloud computing, containers, or serverless architecture. Today it is artificial intelligence. Tomorrow it will be something none of us have imagined yet. The tools change far more often than the profession itself. During my own career, I have watched technologies arrive with extraordinary promises. Some genuinely transformed the way we build software. Others…