Part 1: The Paradigm Shift — From Code-Centric to Context-Centric SDLC
Answer-first: The transition from a Code-Centric to a Context-Centric SDLC redefines the primary unit of software engineering. Developers no longer spend 75% of their working hours typing imperative syntax. Instead, they curate machine-actionable architectural context, define strict invariant boundary contracts via AGENTS.md and .cursor/rules/*.mdc, and construct automated verification gates that allow autonomous AI agent swarms to generate production-ready code with mathematical reliability. 🔄 The Fundamental Mental Inversion For the past five decades, software engineering was defined by a single core activity: human minds translating mental domain models into lines of imperative programming syntax. ...