shadcn vs Matt Pocock: will AI eat through our dependencies?
mattpocockuk · x · 2026-10-17
shadcn argues AI will eat through our dependencies: we'll use fewer external code/systems, and teams will want an internal "open code" registry not buried in nodemodules, with agents pulling from it and reshaping it on demand—less code reuse, more knowledge reuse.
Matt Pocock strongly disagrees: "Code reuse IS knowledge reuse."
A sharp exchange on dependency management and the value of code reuse in the AI coding era.
Related event: shadcn: AI Will Eat Your Dependencies, Build an Internal Code Registry(3 posts)→
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