Design Judgment: Why AI-Generated Code Still Needs Human Architects

While AI-assisted coding tools excel at generating boilerplate and following expected patterns, they often fail when systems encounter unexpected inputs, edge cases, or design ambiguity. Effective software development requires human architects who design systems to survive uncertainty and change—not merely write complex code. Clean Architecture principles and rigorous input validation at system boundaries are how experienced developers compensate for AI's literal, pattern-replicating approach.