Re:A year after the 100% AI mandate nobody understands our code
by ryanbrunner on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @04:38AM
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"Correctly" is a spectrum.
Pretty much 0% of users want a hastily implemented search bar that doesn't really work.
I would argue that 0% of users want the world's most perfect search bar, lovingly crafted, that took 2 years to make and went through multiple rounds of gold-plating, and occupied all of the team's time while their competitors expanded their product offering with tons of new features.
Somewhere in the middle there's going to be a distribution of acceptable-ness. I would wager a functional but unimpressive search bar that can be turned around in a few days beats something that's designed to the nines but takes a few months to ship.
Pretty much 0% of users want a hastily implemented search bar that doesn't really work.
I would argue that 0% of users want the world's most perfect search bar, lovingly crafted, that took 2 years to make and went through multiple rounds of gold-plating, and occupied all of the team's time while their competitors expanded their product offering with tons of new features.
Somewhere in the middle there's going to be a distribution of acceptable-ness. I would wager a functional but unimpressive search bar that can be turned around in a few days beats something that's designed to the nines but takes a few months to ship.