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> The quality of the code is irrelevant, Until it needs to be maintained, or has weird bugs. > As long as the output gives you what you need, the code quality
by goatlover 4y ago
> The quality of the code is irrelevant,
Until it needs to be maintained, or has weird bugs.
> As long as the output gives you what you need, the code quality ultimately is an efficiency play. But as AI coding improves, it can refactor itself, so it's a short-term problem.
Not sure how this is going to work on large codebases.
- mvkel 4y agoI think the "until it needs to be maintained" is an oft-quoted excuse that is either 1) unavoidable, no matter how elegant the code, or 2) way overstated.