Is AI code debt the new technical debt? As I keep learning, generating code and examining it – it’s worse.
In the old days, we worked hard to create technical debt. Just kidding, it was easy.
Technical debt has many definitions, and origin stories. But one thing is common: We leave the code as it is, knowing it could be better. The debt is the gap of effort of making it better.
And why the gap? Because we know we’ll see that code again. And when we do, it’ll be hard to change. Better code would have made it easier.
Now we’re in the age of genies. They can write any code. They can change any code. Do we need to worry about AI code debt?
