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Why Senior Software Engineers Should Stop Trying to Train AI Models (and Focus on Making AI Actually Useful)

8 Dec 2025

A pragmatic look at why most senior software engineers — especially solo developers and SME specialists — should not waste time training AI models, and should instead focus on using existing LLMs effectively with prompts, guardrails, RAG and system design.

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