Is File Engineering Still the Real Foundation in the Age of AI Agents?

Quick question for the community:

Jake emphasizes that file engineering is the foundation of powerful AI systems and I agree. But with new tools like Claude CoWorker and Claude Management AI for building agents, I’m a bit confused.

These tools seem to simplify everything, but aren’t they just abstracting what strong file engineering already does (context structuring, memory, workflows)?

How do you explain or demonstrate that solid file engineering can achieve similar (or even better) results than these tools?

Curious to hear your thoughts 👇

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