# Code was the smallest part of the job

DevFeed: [Code was the smallest part of the job](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/code-was-the-smallest-part-of-the-job-38685.md>)

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Author: Dr Milan Milanović

Published: 2026-05-21T15:02:20Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Tech World With Milan Newsletter](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tech-world-with-milan-newsletter.md>)

Topics: [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debugging.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debugging.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [tests](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tests.md>)

## AI overview

An experienced software engineer argues that coding is only a small part of the job and presents 13 lessons about building durable software, including debugging, simplicity, planning, testing, problem selection, and collaboration.

## Source excerpt

After more than twenty years in the industry, I now understand things are not like I imagined, nor what some people talked about.