Nick Lockwood19h ago

I keep seeing this claim that software has suddenly become more buggy and unreliable since the advent of agentic coding, and I'm like… have folks just not been paying attention for the last decade?

Software has been getting progressively buggier and more unreliable every year for as long as I can remember

I'm not saying AI isn't increasing the rate of garbage code, but I do wonder how you can tell the difference between vibe coded shit and regular organic shit, because it smells the same to me

Show threadGraham Lee, D.Phil

@nicklockwood every claim made about AI—that it's reducing employment, that it's making code worse, that it's increasing energy or water consumption—is backed by a trend that began before AI was productised.

Unless Eliza is to blame for all of this, of course.

Mar 25 at 11:03pmWeb