# The Cyrano de Bergerac Strategy for Software Developers in the AI Era

DevFeed: [The Cyrano de Bergerac Strategy for Software Developers in the AI Era](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-cyrano-de-bergerac-strategy-for-software-developers-in-the-ai-era-32380.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://brianjenney.substack.com/p/the-cyrano-de-bergerac-strategy-for>)

Author: Brian Jenney

Published: 2026-02-21T17:04:34Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Brian Jenney](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/brian-jenney.md>)

Topics: [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/retrieval-augmented-generation-rag.md>), [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>), [Fine-tuning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/fine-tuning.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [fine-tuning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fine-tuning.md>), [llm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/llm.md>), [rag](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rag.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>)

## AI overview

This commentary argues that software developers can gain leverage in the AI era by translating ambitious or poorly defined AI proposals into practical, safe implementations. It uses examples involving retrieval-augmented generation, existing large language models, and the limits of general-purpose agents.

## Source excerpt

Your job as a developer is changing and you might have more leverage than you think