Re:Things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding a...
by brazukadev on Tuesday January 20, 2026 @10:21AM
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> The only downside is that sooner or later, you hit the scaling trap.
Which they might be able to overcome faster with the help of AI, again.
Re:Things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding a...
by KurSix on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @03:15PM
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Trying to fix broken architecture with the same AI that wrote it leads to recursive technical debt. AI can rewrite code, but it cannot make strategic decisions if the operator doesn't understand the problem. In the end, instead of a fix, you get a Big Ball of Mud, just built 10x faster
The only downside is that sooner or later, you hit the scaling trap. When a project grows from a silly website into a real product with users, not understanding how exactly the AI stitched those code blocks together becomes a critical risk. AI is great at putting up walls and painting facades, but the foundation (architecture and security) still needs human verification, especially once other people's data gets involved