Addy Osmani: AI Software Factories Still Need Human Taste and Ownership
addyosmani · x · 2026-08-18
Addy Osmani on building an AI "software factory": shippable code still requires human taste and ownership.
- Humans stay in the loop upfront for product intent, system design, and the quality bar. Do review code ("lights-on factory"), but be intentional — watch where automated back-pressure breaks and where maintainability trade-offs must be made.
- Quality checks early and continuous: type systems, automated tests, mutation testing, security scanners, architecture linting. But number of checks ≠ quality; experiment for the best signal-to-noise ratio and tighten or relax constraints deliberately.
- Encode taste in the environment: agents should provide evidence their work is right, while a human still "owns" what ships to production.
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