What Kelsey Hightower thinks about code generation

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Self-taught software engineer, formerly a distinguished engineer at Google Cloud and one of the most visible voices in the Kubernetes community; retired from full-time work in 2023 and now advises and invests.

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1. 3 Jun 2026

   Our readingHaving a model regenerate the same block of code over and over is insane however fast it feels — that is what functions and libraries were invented for.

   Their wordsSo if you find yourself generating the same blocks of code over and over, even though it feels fast or convenient, it is still insane.

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