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Re:The Slow Formation of Durable Software by mmarian on Thursday October 08, 2026 @09:11AM (#50005418)
> AI doesn't preclude this. In fact, it can help accelerate parts of it.

It can also slow it down as people get distracted experimenting with features they can build quickly.

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Re:The Slow Formation of Durable Software by kstenerud on Thursday October 08, 2026 @12:01PM (#50007489)
That's a discipline and hubris failure, and has bitten many people even before LLMs were a thing.

Most V2 rewrites fall under a similar category.

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