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I like that. These AIs are legacy codebase generators. Nobody knows how it works and everyone is afraid to touch it.

Anything in production is legacy; I'm pretty sure it happens as soon as the code is shipped regardless of who wrote it.

True, but I think there's another dimension implied: how many devs are left that understand the code? Being able to start at zero is a fascinating surprise (compared to five years ago).

At least with a person, you can say that there's one person in your org that understands the code after they write it and submit it for review.

Maybe they stick around for a while, maybe they move on to another job, but they were THERE at some point. They have a name. You can ask them questions about what they did. And hey, they still exist in the real world too, so you can get in touch with them even after they leave if you need to.

AI powered development is like a guy shows up, gets hired for 90 seconds, writes part of a feature, and dies instantly once the code hits the screen.

a comment I cannot stop thinking about is "we need to start thinking about production as throw away" Which is a wild thought to think about when I think about on my career. We had so many dbs or servers that we couldn't touch because they were a special snowflake

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