AI writes, tests and reviews the code — and engineers are losing understanding of their own systems
julianweisser · x · 2026-10-29
WorkersIO founder chaaai warns on Solo Founders Podcast ep 34 that with AI writing, testing and reviewing code, teams are 'completely losing understanding of the systems we are building' — a liability offloaded onto customers. His startup's mission is verifying mission-critical software. Episode covers why engineers lose touch with their code, 'nobody's buying code', agent-driven write/review/test workflows, finding bugs in Postgres, and the bear case for going solo.
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