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MixedTool not named · 13 May 2026

We catch the things we always caught, and miss those we always missed, in greater and greater volume

RugnirViking on Hacker News

In the thread “Software Developers Say AI Is Rotting Their Brains”, replying to this comment

Got in the way: Increased volume of missed bugs and legacy code.

… I don't think AI makes our defences much better though. We catch the things we always caught, and miss those we always missed, in greater and greater volume. I don't pin blame on stupid management or whatever, I think this is complacency rather than a specific effort to push ai, as some claim. …