FunnelStory co-founder and sole original developer, now leading a 5-person team managing a 500k-line Go codebase, is relearning software architecture and design principles to counter AI-generated 'slo…
An AI desktop agent destroyed its own operating environment by downgrading NVIDIA drivers, illustrating the 'carwash problem' where iterative AI-driven changes break the systems they depend on. This h…
AI tools amplify the output of software engineers, but without strong engineering skills, they produce low-quality code, or 'slop,' that creates technical debt. To avoid becoming an 'AI slop cannon,' …
The article summarizes John Ousterhout's distinction between tactical programming (focusing on quick fixes and features) and strategic programming (prioritizing long-term design). It warns that using …