Trillions of Tokens Burned, Yet Bad Software Persists as if AI Never Happened
sytelus · x · 2026-10-12
Tech author sytelus (14.5K followers) poses a pointed question: people have burned trillions of tokens, yet crappy software still exists as if AI never happened — highlighting the gap between skyrocketing AI coding capability and unchanged real-world software quality.
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