Re:Jonathan Blow – If AI Solved Coding, Why Is My Software S...
by ozgung on Saturday November 14, 2026 @06:13AM
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> I’m still not understanding why this happens?
Because it’s an infinite loop in essence. There are always things to improve. There are always things to fix. There are always bugs in software. There are always more cases to check. There’re always better ways to do things.
You can add new code indefinitely with diminishing returns. Each addition introduces new bugs. So after a point it may become negative returns.
As human engineers we make tradeoffs. We prefer simple and clean over more complete but bloated.
Without a stop condition Claude can “improve” the code indefinitely.
Because it’s an infinite loop in essence. There are always things to improve. There are always things to fix. There are always bugs in software. There are always more cases to check. There’re always better ways to do things.
You can add new code indefinitely with diminishing returns. Each addition introduces new bugs. So after a point it may become negative returns.
As human engineers we make tradeoffs. We prefer simple and clean over more complete but bloated.
Without a stop condition Claude can “improve” the code indefinitely.