AI cleans 1,190 panes, we complain about the 10 dirty ones
dfinke · x · 2026-08-26
The author uses a window-cleaning metaphor for AI coding: a facade that once took 20 people two days (1,200 panes) is now done in five minutes by one supervised system—1,190 panes clean, 10 needing touch-up. The AI built the whole working project, yet our first reaction reading the code is "why did it do it that way"—we fixate on the 10 dirty panes and ignore the extraordinary part.
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