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

Re:A year after the 100% AI mandate nobody understands our code by latentsea on Monday November 09, 2026 @08:09PM (#50434772)

That sounds great in theory, but a) it leads to burnout trying to do so much stuff in parallel and b) it's useless in the end unless you're willing to just yoloship things.

I stopped doing it as a result.

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Re:A year after the 100% AI mandate nobody understands our code by icedchai on Monday November 09, 2026 @10:50PM (#50435828)

My real point is you shouldn't be sitting there waiting so you can tell the agent to "continue." Spec stuff out more and let it do it's thing. Whether you yolo-ship it or not is another matter.

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Re:A year after the 100% AI mandate nobody understands our code by latentsea on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @12:17AM (#50436356)

My point is the context switching gets so exhausting that it's not worth it. The more you spread your attention thin by having lots on the go, the less you understand about any of it, the longer it takes to properly verify its correct before shipping. These things are at odds with one another.

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