What: A developer who doesn't know Rust used AI to rewrite the PHP engine in Rust, achieving 17% test pass rate and rendering WordPress. So What: Technical barriers to infrastructure rebuilds are collapsing. If someone can ship a working compiler without language knowledge, hiring for deep specialist skills may matter less than hiring for problem framing and tool orchestration. What to Watch: Whether the next six months produce production deployments of AI-written core infrastructure at scale.
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