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Jul 21, 2026 · Industry Insights

AI Era: CRUD Programmers' 5-Year Crisis and Path Forward

The article analyzes how AI programming tools disrupt CRUD developers, predicts reduced demand for pure execution roles, and outlines three career directions: becoming AI-enhanced engineers, deepening business domain expertise, and advancing toward system architecture, arguing that value shifts from coding speed to problem-solving with AI.