We let AI run wild, generating massive amounts of unverified “slop” code that overwhelms maintainers.
The problem isn’t the tech—it’s the laziness. Generating a PR takes a minute; reviewing it takes an hour. He points to Steve Yegge’s “Gas Town” as a cautionary tale of this loop gone wrong.
We need to stop blindly trusting the machine and start acting like senior engineers again. AI is a power tool, not a replacement for thinking.