AI assistants have made shipping code effortless. But they lack context about your actual production environment. Unoptimized queries and silent failures are the hidden tax of AI-generated code. Day 2 operations is where the real work begins.
AI lets us write and deploy code in seconds. But it is creating a massive, silent risk: instant vendor lock-in.
When an AI assistant builds an app, it defaults to the easiest path, usually proprietary PaaS ecosystems.
And nobody realizes until the bill arrives.
AI can write a fully functional microservice in 15 seconds. But code is not an application, and shipping is not operating. When anyone can generate thousands of lines of code with a simple prompt, the bottleneck shifts to Day 2 operations.
Okay let's be real: when "everyone owns deployment" it really just means "nobody owns deployment."
AI created more builders, but not more deployment owners.
Now, it's time to assign accountability.
Here are a few thoughts:
