New article crafted between myself and Claude.AI both been critical but constructive about each 'others' contribution, and refinement of the replies and editing after. The starting prompt is shown after the references Context Engineering Isn't the New Software Engineering — But Ignoring It Is Still a Mistake What context engineering actually is Why "the new software engineering" overstates it The more defensible version of the argument Where the evidence runs thin — and where curriculum reform gets hard Conclusions Context engineering is a real, evidenced, currently valuable skill — not hype invented from nothing. It sits downstream of genuine engineering problems (retrieval, state management, information curation) that graduates will encounter in real jobs. It is not a replacement for software engineering fundamentals, and framing it that way overstates the case and risks looking like marketing rather than analysis. The stronger, teachable claim is that context e...
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