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← AI-generated code does not reach the structural quality of the best hand-written software.

17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 12 Feb 2026 to 3 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under code generation code generation Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under vibe coding vibe coding Everything filed under AI slop AI slop Everything filed under software quality software quality Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: AI-generated code does not reach the structural quality of the best hand-written software. AI-generated code does not reach thestructural quality of the besthand-written software. Last stated 4 months ago 7 Jun 2026 SS Salvatore Sanfilippo — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI code generation's default reward loop works like a slot machine and undermines skill retention. — tap to centre the map on it AI code generation's default rewardloop works like a slot machine andundermines skill retention. Last stated 4 months ago 28 May 2026 VB Vicki Boykis — holds since 2026-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-generated code is not fully reliable and typically needs significant manual effort to keep it working correctly. — tap to centre the map on it AI-generated code is not fullyreliable and typically needssignificant manual effort to keep itworking correctly. Last stated 4 months ago 16 Jun 2026 SW Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-generated code should be treated as untrusted until there is evidence it preserves the intended behavior. — tap to centre the map on it AI-generated code should be treatedas untrusted until there is evidenceit preserves the intended behavior. Last stated a month ago 19 Aug 2026 JS Jon Seager — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-written code makes formal proof necessary, because human review of all that generated code becomes the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it AI-written code makes formal proofnecessary, because human review ofall that generated code becomes thebottleneck. Last stated 5 months ago 22 Apr 2026 MK Martin Kleppmann — holds since 2026-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Code review as a review mechanism depends on reviewers being able to infer effort from reading code, and AI-agent-generated code erases that signal. — tap to centre the map on it Code review as a review mechanismdepends on reviewers being able toinfer effort from reading code, andAI-agent-generated code erases thatsignal. Last stated 5 months ago 7 May 2026 DC David Crawshaw — holds since 2026-05-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: He does not read the boring parts of generated code, the data-shuffling and button alignment; what touches the database he reads and reviews. — tap to centre the map on it He does not read the boring parts ofgenerated code, the data-shufflingand button alignment; what touchesthe database he reads and reviews. Last stated 8 months ago 12 Feb 2026 PS Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: If you are not going to read the generated code, what you need is conformance testing: proof that it performs within the boundaries of the code it replaced. — tap to centre the map on it If you are not going to read thegenerated code, what you need isconformance testing: proof that itperforms within the boundaries ofthe code it replaced. Last stated 2 months ago 12 Aug 2026 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: LLM-driven automatic QA can raise software release quality and offset quality lost to faster AI-generated code. — tap to centre the map on it LLM-driven automatic QA can raisesoftware release quality and offsetquality lost to faster AI-generatedcode. Last stated 4 months ago 7 Jun 2026 SS Salvatore Sanfilippo — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person at maximum vibe-coding speed has about three productive hours a day, and a company that will not let them stop there is going to break. — tap to centre the map on it A person at maximum vibe-codingspeed has about three productivehours a day, and a company that willnot let them stop there is going tobreak. Last stated 7 months ago 11 Mar 2026 SY Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A sense of achievement in software survives writing almost none of the code yourself. — tap to centre the map on it A sense of achievement in softwaresurvives writing almost none of thecode yourself. Last stated a month ago 26 Aug 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A team can stop reading the code it ships, but only by first working out how its agents are to prove that what they wrote actually works. — tap to centre the map on it A team can stop reading the code itships, but only by first working outhow its agents are to prove thatwhat they wrote actually works. Last stated 6 months ago 19 Mar 2026 SW Simon Willison — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coding agent does not learn from its mistakes the way a person does -- it repeats the same error indefinitely unless a human notices and writes it down. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent does not learn fromits mistakes the way a person does-- it repeats the same errorindefinitely unless a human noticesand writes it down. Last stated 6 months ago 25 Mar 2026 MZ Mario Zechner — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coding-agent company should not train its own model: it has to stay neutral ground for models to compete on. — tap to centre the map on it A coding-agent company should nottrain its own model: it has to stayneutral ground for models to competeon. Last stated 4 weeks ago 3 Sept 2026 DR Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company on a monolith cannot use AI on it: no model in the next eighteen months will hold that codebase, so the monolith has to be broken up or rewritten. — tap to centre the map on it A company on a monolith cannot useAI on it: no model in the nexteighteen months will hold thatcodebase, so the monolith has to bebroken up or rewritten. Last stated 7 months ago 11 Mar 2026 SY Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo. — tap to centre the map on it A growing fraction of social mediais AI slop influencers being repliedto by bots — an echo of an echo ofan echo. Last stated a month ago 23 Aug 2026 FC François Chollet — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A low-effort AI-designed landing page costs a product its audience before the product itself is ever judged. — tap to centre the map on it A low-effort AI-designed landingpage costs a product its audiencebefore the product itself is everjudged. Last stated 2 months ago 13 Aug 2026 MH Mitchell Hashimoto — holds since 2026-08-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it A stream of AI-written papers withany error rate at all becomesinsufferable, because finding theerror costs more than the paper isworth even at ninety-nine percent. Last stated 3 months ago 30 Jun 2026 GS Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
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At the centre AI-generated code does not reach the structural quality of the best hand-written software. Last stated 7 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago Holds Salvatore Sanfilippo Read this korrent →