Armin Ronacher: AI is the universe punishing us for 30 years of bad software
Simon Willison · rss · 2026-10-22
Simon Willison quotes renowned open-source developer Armin Ronacher (creator of Flask):
> As fun as AI is, we built so much bad software over the last 30 years, and now the universe is punishing us for our sins.
The quip is resonating amid ongoing debates about AI-assisted coding and the industry's mounting security debt.
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