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Code structure still matters for cost effectiveness and performance over time

https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.20049 https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.13280

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Counterpoint: as long as context don't rot or it's less effective that starts maintaining repetitions only slightly different. Also

> we are not going back to hand-writing these functions

do you really think there isn't a good chunk, if not the majority outside some bubbles, of developers that still hand code? Crazy to hear, I bet you're not a programmer

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The change is exponential and happening daily. The future is smaller teams spending a lot of money on AI credits.
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If it really is exponential intelligence should have already exploded. Go give away your certainties on a seer's forum
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