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whatisthisevenyesterday at 10:31 PM2 repliesview on HN

> I suspect if people saw the handwritten code

Somehow, everyone has forgotten the terrible code quality that existed prior to 2020.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjZQGRATlwA

Like, come on. Software has been shit for decades. AI hasn't observably reduced the quality of software I use everyday in a way that is meaningfully separable from normal incidents in the past.


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0xDEAFBEADyesterday at 10:33 PM

>AI hasn't observably reduced the quality of software I use everyday in a way that is meaningfully separable from normal incidents in the past.

I have noticed a spike in web apps exhibiting random failures and glitchy behavior over the past few months.

jfkddkdjdjyesterday at 10:41 PM

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