These comments are so bizarre when we are what, 1-2 years away from AGI?
replyLike - you really think models won't be able to clean up the tech debt they created!? They are very good at this already. Ask Opus 5.5 to clean up the tech debt from some Opus 4.6 vibe coded app.
Code is cheap now. The most important thing is to ship, ship, ship. If you are handwringing over "tech debt" you have already lost - and you deeply misunderstand how good this technology is getting!
We get it, the future can't come fast enough for you. Code is a commodity and the only important thing is scale. Congratulations on leapfrogging the midwits on the path to the C-suite!
replyCorrect code is not cheap. And some places you need a very correct code. Like in mission critical systems.
replyHow many people on HN work on mission critical systems? The discussion is not currently constrained to that. I agree, but the exception proves the rule.
replyDefine "mission critical" and then maybe we can come up with a reasonable estimate.
replyDid I say anything about tech debt? What's the point of "ship, ship, ship" if AI will be able to do it in a couple of years? Don't you see where this is going? We're rapidly losing our ability to think.
replyThe point of "ship, ship, ship" is to cash in (in terms of your career or company) before AGI renders you jobless.
replyIf we get to post-scarcity you never needed the money. But if we end up in some dystopian hellhole where people have no jobs but capitalism still exists, you'll be thankful.