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Practical Engineering Management

The Renaissance Engineer

AI didn’t kill the craft. It exposed it.

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Mirek Stanek
Feb 23, 2026
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Each year, I make a small ritual out of watching Dr. Werner Vogels’ AWS keynote.
Yes, there’s always a layer of product announcements and positioning. But if you strip away the sales coating, there’s usually a deeper engineering signal underneath.

This article is inspired by what I took from this year’s talk. Sadly, his last keynote.

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