After a 100% AI coding mandate, codebase triples and nobody understands it
TechPreacher · x · 2026-11-09
A viral r/ClaudeCode post describes the aftermath of a '100% AI coding mandate': the codebase grew 3x in a year, nobody can explain most of it, agents keep re-implementing helpers (4 versions of everything), and both engineers who reviewed PRs are gone. Management is now quietly asking for hand-written code again, but half the team hasn't written non-trivial code in a year. Software legend Grady Booch replied with a dry 'Thoughts and prayers.'
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