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@stagas: Sunk cost fallacy is no longer applicable in the age of #AI. Now you can do broad changes without second thought, u can always revert back, without incurring the cost of doing so, since it’s…

Creative technologist @stagas argues that the sunk cost fallacy no longer applies in the age of AI, as AI enables broad changes to be made quickly and effortlessly, allowing easy reversion without incurring costs. Software engineer @evnm responded that the fallacy will still apply, though to a lesser degree, citing his blog post 'Platform engineering still matters' on reuse with agentic coding.

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@stagas: Sunk cost fallacy is no longer applicable in the age of #AI. Now you can do broad changes without second thought, u can always revert back, without incurring the cost of doing so, since it’s…
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Sunk cost fallacyis no longer applicable in the age of . Now you can do broad changes without second thought, u can always revert back, without incurring the cost of doing so, since it’s all done so quickly and effortlessly.

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I think it will still apply, just perhaps to a lesser degree. Kind of related to

this blog postevnm.substack.comI wrote recently (not to shamelessly plug my stuff 🫣)Platform engineering still matters Reuse is a good thing, even with agentic coding

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