Steve Yegge: All models will eventually build systems they can't maintain
Steve_Yegge · x · 2026-09-02
Steve Yegge reflects on using AI agents, warning that regardless of a model's intelligence, it will eventually build systems it can no longer understand or maintain if left unchecked. He notes that Fable 5 “outbuilt itself” and failed, serving as a lesson that developers must maintain an iron grip on system size to prevent runaway complexity.
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