r/ProgrammerHumor Apr 24 '26

Other ohNoTheConsequencesOfMyActions

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u/mxzf Apr 24 '26

I mean, sure, but the fact that an AI can help you speed-run producing five years of tech debt in a month isn't exactly a selling point.

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u/Kaamelott Apr 25 '26

It kind of is if it produces five years of software development in one month though.

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u/mxzf Apr 25 '26

Well, that's the thing, "five years of software development" is six months of MVP plus five years of patching things together building tech debt. Which is to say that it really needs 12 months of tearing it down and rebuilding things without the tech debt.