Thorsten Ball: A 'wrong' code push matters far less now that AI makes changes cheap
sloppenheimer · x · 2026-10-18
Responding to "my colleague pushed code that doesn't match what I had in mind," Thorsten Ball argues the risk is shrinking: years ago a wrong decision could cost days or weeks of refactoring, but code is now much faster and easier to change. His takeaway: adjust your instincts to that new reality.
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