2026-05-11 05:18 UTC
"The lesson is clear. If you want a productive team, you have to focus on their maintenance costs."
James Shore: You Need AI That Reduces Maintenance Costs
https://www.jamesshore.com/v2/blog/2026/you-need-ai-that-reduces-your-maintenance-costs
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@thirstybear@agilodon.social 2026-05-11 05:33
@joeposaurus@chaos.social I am hearing two sides to this. On one hand, you have some well respected folks saying that AI assisted code produces something just as good & maintainable as before, just faster. On the other, all the data is pointing to James being right. AI assisted coding causes significant loss of production and value delivery. My best guess? Code craft and mastery. And the data seems to support this too. But mastery is something fundamentally neglected, even discouraged, by the industry.
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@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot 2026-05-11 06:08
@joeposaurus@chaos.social That's an excellent and persuasive analysis.