AI coding tools make us great at generating more software, not better software
_ACTUALin · reddit · 2026-11-10
A developer argues AI coding tools make "finished-looking" products trivially easy: polished UI, auth, database, payments — before you've verified the thing actually works. He catches himself celebrating a feature that worked once, untested across edge cases, while generated complexity piles up faster than understanding.
The core question: is AI-assisted development improving software quality, or producing a flood of impressive-looking apps held together by duct tape and optimism?
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