It’s impossible for me not to draw a parallel with a huge part of my life. My entire career has been punctuated by writing computer programs. It started back in high school, coding games with my best friend. Then at university, during the “Printemps des Sciences,” amidst the atmosphere of beer-fueled hackathons (a Belgian classic).

I found satisfaction and motivation in the code. But let’s be brutally honest: the job of the developer as we knew it is about to go extinct.

Actually, the revolution isn’t “coming.” It’s already here. And if we aren’t careful, we are about to become the lamplighters of the digital age—obsolete workers tending to a flame that electricity has already replaced.

Too Big to Sink?

We have hit the iceberg. Yet, the industry inertia is palpable. Companies are still hiring juniors to act as interfaces for ChatGPT or Claude. Developers are celebrating two-year contract renewals, sipping their drinks with extra ice while the ship takes on water.

A friend recently told me he was using framework versions to write a job description. As if nothing had changed?

In Belgium, we clung to the coal mines long after the sector was lost. We cannot afford to make the same mistake with software engineering. The part of the job that consists of writing syntax is obsolete.

The AI Velocity Trap

Today, a senior developer or software architect augmented by AI achieves productivity we’ve never seen before. But there is a dark side to this speed.

At Ontologiq, we call it the AI Velocity Trap.

AI has driven the cost of writing code to zero, but the cost of building the wrong thing has never been higher. With AI assistants, developers are producing code faster than they can understand it. Without a structured domain model, you aren’t building a product; you are generating legacy code at machine speed.

The invisible architecture breaks. The codebase drifts toward chaos.

Code is Commodity. Logic is the Asset.

This is not a defeatist post. Humans are far from obsolete. I see it every day: AI allows us to elevate ourselves incredibly, but only if we stop focusing on the bricks and start focusing on the blueprint.

Your value is no longer in the code you type. It is in your Domain Logic.

This is why we built Ontologiq. To give you a flight deck for your logic, not just a text editor for your code.

From Conversation to Architecture

Instead of asking AI to “write a function,” Ontologiq helps you capture the business rules that make your software valuable.

Capture: Use our Meeting Bot to turn client calls into raw data.
Structure: Visualize complex relationships. See how a UI change impacts your database schema instantly.
Execute: Generate precise Gherkin acceptance criteria and Jira tickets.

By refining raw requirements into rigid relationship graphs, you create hallucination-proof inputs for your engineering team. You stop scope creep, and you bridge the gap between Product Managers and Developers.

Secure Your Intellectual Capital

The era of the “code monkey” is over. The era of the System Architect has begun. Don’t be the lamplighter waiting for the sun to come up.

Your domain logic is your most valuable asset. It’s time to treat it that way.

Ready to future-proof your product development?