Skip to content
AI News HubLIVE
More
Original source1 min read

Quoting Terk Terkowitz

Summary

Amazon engineering leader Terk Terkowitz says that if current AI tooling does not benefit your work, that is a finding, not a failing. Engineers should document why, share it with peers and managers, and seek solutions.

Quoting Terk Terkowitz
Report an error

The correction channel is not available yet. You can copy the article reference below for later.

Correction instructions
Read article

A quote from Terk Terkowitz

Simon Willison’s Weblog

Newsletter

28th October 2026

If your work does not benefit from current AI tooling, that is a finding, not a failing. Document why, share it with your community of peers, bring it to your manager, and work to find solutions. An engineer who can explain where AI does not yet help their work is demonstrating the judgement we are asking for.

— Terk Terkowitz, An update from Amazon engineering leadership on the role of the developer in the age of AI

Recent articles

Battle Drones - a vibe coded RTS with audio-based multiplayer - 20th October 2026

Hello Python 3.15, goodbye 3.10, and now I can use 3.11 - 12th October 2026

A new feature for my blog, built using my voice - 9th October 2026

Claude Haiku 5.5 - 7th October 2026

This is a quotation collected by Simon Willison, posted on 28th October 2026.

amazon 71

ai 2,297

generative-ai 2,038

llms 2,003

agentic-engineering 68

Disclosures

Colophon

©

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Key points and analysis

Article intelligence

EngineersIntermediate

Key points

  • Terk Terkowitz is an Amazon engineering leader quoted by Simon Willison.
  • Engineers who find AI tools unhelpful should document and share why.
  • Explaining where AI does not yet help demonstrates the judgment leadership wants.

Highlights and analysis are generated automatically and may contain errors. Check the original source.