The new bitter lesson: you still need to care about software engineering in the AI era
charles_irl · x · 2026-10-06
Developer pdrmnvd calls out a recurring form of "AI psychosis": people convinced they can tell models to optimize an end goal without ever reviewing the approach, ending up with things that look fast on a benchmark but actually suck.
His take: the new bitter lesson is that this doesn't work — you still need to care about software engineering. Retweeted by charlesirl, sparking discussion about quality-blind vibe coding culture.
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