What are some engineering practices you wish would come back?

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It feels like with AI, a lot of engineering practices that were de-facto standard have somehow been phased out. Or atleast that's the emotion I can see on reddit or on few threads in HN.That led me to this question, what are some practices you feel have been phased out over time, that should make a comeback?One off the top of my head: startups or even large orgs in general not hiring junior engineers. Who will teach other engineers in coming years if we don't train juniors today?

manidoraisamy · Accepted Answer

The ones that are gone are comments/documentation in code, unit testing, design patterns, datamodel/db design. I am happy documentation is gone. But I miss design, especially db design. AI generates SQL/code with no regard for backward compatibility or future maintenance.