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Re:AI usage generates a fragile codebase by grim_io on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @07:17AM (#50439251)
That's a bit silly to assume the LLM will 10x all of the code.

It doesn't happen often to me. If it does, I find it often handles extra edge cases I only would have found by using the customer as a guinea pig.

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Re:AI usage generates a fragile codebase by hologramofham on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @08:01AM (#50439725)
> That's a bit silly to assume the LLM will 10x all of the code.

Where else did you think they came up with the "10x developer" thing?

(Yes I know LoC is a useless productivity measure, that's just a joke. Obviously it's number of PRs..)

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Re:AI usage generates a fragile codebase by grim_io on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @09:49AM (#50441180)
Yeah you can 10x the code, if you are not required to review it thoroughly.

But in doing so, you will also 10x the features delivered. Maybe 5x, who knows?

But you definitely won't have to go through and decimate the generated code as a rule.

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