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Re:AI is forcing us to pay off 40 years of technical debt by mmcgaha on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @09:00AM (#50365609)
Sometimes software is a public works project but sometimes it is a backyard shed. You just have to know the difference.
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Re:AI is forcing us to pay off 40 years of technical debt by jimnotgym on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @02:03PM (#50370051)
And I could get a structural engineer to check the integrity of a shed in very little time indeed. Sounds fine to me
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Re:AI is forcing us to pay off 40 years of technical debt by mmcgaha on Thursday November 05, 2026 @08:43AM (#50378966)
But would you? Why or why not?
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