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> Large enterprises need to learn how to ship software faster They haven't even learned that "less code is better" yet, I wouldn't hold my breathe waiting for

> Large enterprises need to learn how to ship software faster They haven't even learned that "less code is better" yet, I wouldn't hold my breathe waiting for them to suddenly learn "more advanced" things like that before they learn the basics.

forinti 6mo ago
More code means more support and more maintenance. If your team is already overloaded or if it's going to be reduced because of AI, things are going to get tough.
- lxgr 6mo ago
  My bigger concern is actually that, if a company isn't careful, the bloat (complexity, amount of code, other artifacts etc.) will just balloon and largely cancel out any gains. Feedback is often only considered once something is already on fire (financially, functionally, or literally).
  - nkrisc 6mo ago
    That’s the game plan for the AI companies: once companies have massive codebases of critical AI generated code and a skeleton crew of prompt engineers they’re going to be locked in to the AI product to develop anything new. They’re not even selling shovels, they’re selling subscriptions for shovels.
    - lxgr 6mo ago
      I don't think there needs to be any intentional evil scheme for this dynamic to be worth considering and mitigating. For example, there's also no cabal behind memory prices dropping (ignoring the development of the past months, of course), which in turn enabled web and game developers to use more memory and make their software non-viable on older devices.
arkh 6mo ago
With the factory allegory: code is stock. Stock costs and is a liability hence Lean manufacturing.
- jen20 6mo ago
  Worse: it's typically work in progress.
dawnerd 6mo ago
Exactly. Everyone keeps talking about how much velocity they have with AI but no ones talking about quality for bugs that come from it. Just how fast they can ship.
- Ekaros 6mo ago
  Or building what is actually needed or makes sense. Most efficient investment is one you do not have to make...
darth_avocado 6mo ago
From the article: > The whole thing dies if it turns into employee scoring All ICs know this and some management does, but I’m willing to put money that it will 100% become employee scoring.

forinti 6mo ago

More code means more support and more maintenance. If your team is already overloaded or if it's going to be reduced because of AI, things are going to get tough.

lxgr 6mo ago
My bigger concern is actually that, if a company isn't careful, the bloat (complexity, amount of code, other artifacts etc.) will just balloon and largely cancel out any gains. Feedback is often only considered once something is already on fire (financially, functionally, or literally).
- nkrisc 6mo ago
  That’s the game plan for the AI companies: once companies have massive codebases of critical AI generated code and a skeleton crew of prompt engineers they’re going to be locked in to the AI product to develop anything new. They’re not even selling shovels, they’re selling subscriptions for shovels.
  - lxgr 6mo ago
    I don't think there needs to be any intentional evil scheme for this dynamic to be worth considering and mitigating. For example, there's also no cabal behind memory prices dropping (ignoring the development of the past months, of course), which in turn enabled web and game developers to use more memory and make their software non-viable on older devices.

arkh 6mo ago

With the factory allegory: code is stock. Stock costs and is a liability hence Lean manufacturing.

jen20 6mo ago
Worse: it's typically work in progress.

dawnerd 6mo ago

Exactly. Everyone keeps talking about how much velocity they have with AI but no ones talking about quality for bugs that come from it. Just how fast they can ship.

Ekaros 6mo ago
Or building what is actually needed or makes sense. Most efficient investment is one you do not have to make...

darth_avocado 6mo ago

From the article: > The whole thing dies if it turns into employee scoring All ICs know this and some management does, but I’m willing to put money that it will 100% become employee scoring.