Nobody Understands Your AI Written Code (opens in new tab)

Picture Dave. Not a bad developer. Six years in, reasonably curious, catches most of the things that matter. Last Tuesday, Dave asked an AI to scaffold a feature. The AI wrote 340 lines in about four minutes. The code passed review. The tests passed. The feature shipped Friday. The following Monday, the feature had a bug. Dave opened the file and stared at it for eleven minutes before typing a question back into the chat window. That's the episode I made. Not about Dave specifically... Dave...