TL;DR - The problem isn’t coding with GenAI. The problem is what coding with GenAI lets us get away with. It allows us to delay making real choices, real trade-offs, and real systemic changes by giving the illusion of movement and acceleration. In a moment where maintenance, curation, and simplification are the actual leverage points, we’re rewarding copycat output. Not because software developers are stupid or short-cited, but because our incentives, our markets, and our social platforms...
