Every Restaurant in Town Hired the Same AI Cook, and the Steak Is Still Burnt

This essay uses a steak-cooking metaphor to argue that AI accelerates software development but cannot replace the developer's judgment, understanding, or taste. AI is a capable machine that follows recipes at scale, yet it cannot know what you actually want unless you translate it into precise requirements, constraints, and feedback. The author warns that paying for premium AI tools or agencies often yields the same mediocre output because everyone uses the same underlying models. The conclusion: learn software fundamentals, keep building, and only then leverage AI as a tool you command rather than one you depend on.