"I don't want to look at code, just state machines and live docs": one giant diagram
_AustinCalvert_ · x · 2026-10-12
Geoffrey Huntley shares an overheard line — "i don't want to look at code; i want to look at state machines and live documentation" — illustrated with a massive state machine diagram spanning dozens of states (preparing, copying, importing, handoff, retrying, cancelled, deleted, etc.). A resonant take on engineering in an era of AI-generated code.
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