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Re:AI usage generates a fragile codebase by dist-epoch on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @01:42PM (#50444388)
> great way to find dead code, suboptimal structures, etc. With AI that's all gone.

it's not gone, it's literally a prompt away. I run "tech debt" loops all the time, ask it to simplify the code and architecture, remove left over code from previous refactors.

the quality of the resulting code is better than ever

Re:AI usage generates a fragile codebase by svieira on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @05:49PM (#50447399)
> the quality

Measured by?