A year after the 100% AI mandate nobody understands our code

Re:A year after the 100% AI mandate nobody understands our code by austin-cheney on Monday November 09, 2026 @05:56PM (#50433507)

Also think about it in terms of start up value. The value of your business is a combination of employee expertise and customer/client relationships. Everything else can be reverse engineered. If all you have is a product written by AI then who cares?

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Re:A year after the 100% AI mandate nobody understands our code by proc0 on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @03:49PM (#50446133)

Correct. There is definitely a correlation between effort and value, although sometimes it's not direct because you can get away with shortcuts.

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