'Software factory' is just marketing: good engineering is a kitchen where agents cook and engineers run the pass
0xkarasy · x · 2026-11-07
Engineer poteto pushed back on the 'software factory' framing, calling it pure marketing: what you need is good software engineering and investing tokens in the right places — the more deterministic, the better and more token-efficient.
In the quoted tweet, @acolombiadev offers a better metaphor from a GitHub Changelog episode with burkeholland and MeaganCojocar: engineering is a kitchen, not a factory — agents work the stations, engineers run the pass, overseeing quality and coordination.
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