Re:Bad ideas that aren't bad anymore
by iforgotmypasswo on Friday November 13, 2026 @07:56AM
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I don’t completely disagree.
There are definitely areas where I’m reviewing individual lines. Protocols are high on the list. I always want to know that high-level services aren’t leaking their internal details to the outside world and that whatever entity owns a protocol is controlling what is being communicated.
AI is bad at certain kinds of abstraction (for now). For example:
Connect service A to service B. Service C exists in some deployments and will do the real work in those cases, but A must never use B as a passthrough to C or use C’s language. That would cause future planned changes in the app to require a massive refactor.
Then, later, in review: Why is A’s client protocol to B referencing functionality that only exists in C? B’s entire purpose in life is to prevent this!
I haven’t tried to solve this via automation yet. I think it will involve limiting what AI has access to.
There are definitely areas where I’m reviewing individual lines. Protocols are high on the list. I always want to know that high-level services aren’t leaking their internal details to the outside world and that whatever entity owns a protocol is controlling what is being communicated.
AI is bad at certain kinds of abstraction (for now). For example:
Connect service A to service B. Service C exists in some deployments and will do the real work in those cases, but A must never use B as a passthrough to C or use C’s language. That would cause future planned changes in the app to require a massive refactor.
Then, later, in review: Why is A’s client protocol to B referencing functionality that only exists in C? B’s entire purpose in life is to prevent this!
I haven’t tried to solve this via automation yet. I think it will involve limiting what AI has access to.