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The Node (and more) Banter · October 7 · 29 min

Do You Still Read Code Written by AI?

Here is the claim. For an experienced programmer, reading AI-generated code is not diligence, it is a bottleneck. Complex code takes longer to read properly than to write from scratch, so the review you think you are doing is not happening. Luca and Matteo pick that up and pull on it until something gives. Where does it hold? Where does it fall apart? If it is true, what happens to review, to ownership, to the junior who is still learning the craft? No conclusions promised. Just two engineers working through a question the whole industry is currently avoiding.

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Here is the claim.


For an experienced programmer, reading AI-generated code is not diligence, it is a bottleneck. Complex code takes longer to read properly than to write from scratch, so the review you think you are doing is not happening.


Luca and Matteo pick that up and pull on it until something gives.


Where does it hold? Where does it fall apart? If it is true, what happens to review, to ownership, to the junior who is still learning the craft? No conclusions promised.


Just two engineers working through a question the whole industry is currently avoiding.

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