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AI isn’t the problem. Bad engineering is.
AI just amplifies whatever is already there – good or bad.

That’s great if you know what you’re doing. Less so if you don’t. It’s brilliant for speeding up the boring parts, but it doesn’t understand your system. It predicts patterns that look right.

And that’s where things get dangerous: https://matthew-shaw.github.io/blog/2026/03/31/ai-wont-save-you-from-bad-engineering/

#AI #SoftwareEngineering #CodeQuality #TechnicalDebt #ExtremeProgramming

AI Won't Save You From Bad Engineering - Matt Shaw

Why AI is a powerful tool for the competent, but a liability for the unguided.

Apr 2 at 10:48amWeb
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@mash not only will it not save you from bad engineering, it will do the opposite of save you.

And the things it’s supposedly good at (like boilerplate) are IMO also signs of bad engineering.