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We’re having a Cambrian Explosion of code. People are able to create so much more than ever before I’ve done it myself and see it with the open source I maintain But I think the software industry is going to suffer

We’re creating more code than we can maintain or understand. With an explosion of new code we’ll see a lot of the code go extinct Even current projects that seemed well supported with company backing are dying without dedicated resources to maintain it

I hadn't thought of the re-invent the wheel. But I'm always mindful of the security aspect, I expect we're in for some painful days in the weeks/months to come.

I think most companies - maybe not oss projects, but definitely companies - will tackle that with platform engineering and agent guidance files that point to approved components; it's why I've been urging people to manage agentic AI the way they manage low code (which is with a platform and catalog

What does managing low code with a platform and catalog mean? I've used quite a few low code solutions in the past, but never at a company.

so most things that are really low code, rather than just some form of unmanaged visual programming tool, start with the management and audit rather than with the 'low code' stuff; they have RBAC and built-in tracking and audit and usage monitoring