How Much Code Is Throwaway Now? Engineers Rethink Project Lifespans in the AI Era
rakyll · x · 2026-09-15
rakyll observes that companies should publish stats on how much of their code is throwaway nowadays: in the AI-assisted era, projects living only a few weeks are considered successes, while nearly every successful layer is immediately forked — a sign of shifting engineering culture where code's lifetime value keeps shrinking.
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