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My motivation to blog about code maintainability has been dead since AI took off. Does it even matter anymore? Same goes for designing PLs. But then, how will AI know what is/isn't maintainable for humans going forward? Aren't humans still the backup plan?

10/9/26, 2:24 pm0 reposts0 likes

Janko Marohnić

@janko.io

10 Sept

Well, what’s unmaintainable for humans is also unmaintainable for agents, so not sure why it would stop mattering.

Max Chernyak

@max.engineer

10 Sept

I think we should add a "… for now." at the end of every statement about agents. :) Next thing you know, they reason at AST/bytecode level. And if you're right… Not sure how I feel about writing blog posts for an audience of agents.

Janko Marohnić

@janko.io

10 Sept

Yeah, everything is “for now” 🙂 But I’m only interested in the now, where agents don’t really go beyond an immediate fix. When agents become more capable, then I’ll change my approach. But I don’t see the value of trying to prepare for an imaginary future 🤷🏻‍♂️

Max Chernyak

@max.engineer

10 Sept

It comes down to how imminent/likely we think a future is. I like blocking out the noise and just producing something. But when you're done and ask "what's next?", that's where these questions start creeping in. Perhaps the right way is to just keep plowing through.