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The problem is not AI code, but not knowing about system architecture or intent

388 points · 240 comments · zazuke

  1. _doctor_love · · focus · HN ↗
    > But the final boss is, and always will be, maintainability.

    Always has been, always will be.

    I am actually hopeful that AI will finally break the industry and force a reckoning around this. Some of it goes to our economic system. New builds are usually capitalizable, flashy, and a great way to get promoted.

    Doing ten to fifteen years of thankless maintenance, keeping a critical system alive with high quality? Usually nobody cares, and it's OPEX, not sexy.

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