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Published June 18, 2026

"Who cares what the code looks like?" is DUMB

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The creator argues against the notion that developers can ignore the quality and correctness of code simply because AI can generate large volumes of it. He emphasizes that AI-generated code is not inherently correct and maintains that human oversight and code review remain essential.

Key Takeaways

  • AI capacity to write thousands of lines of code does not guarantee accuracy.
  • Ignoring the structure and logic of code (just because it 'works' or was AI-generated) is a dangerous practice.
  • Developers must remain accountable for the correctness of the code in their projects.

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Transcript

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The problem with the, if it works, who cares what the code looks like crowd, is that for agentic work at least, you assume that one, the agent has a perfect understanding of how everything works. And two, you've provided every single piece of context and left nothing to the agent's assumption. And three, the agent won't hallucinate bad code. And usually, none of those things are true. Agents usually have a less than ideal understanding of the code base. They make bad assumptions when you don't give them enough context. And I can guarantee you, 99% of you folks are not giving enough context to your agents, which is why it is forced to make assumptions about the code base it's working in and how it should write new code. And all of this is eclipsed by the fact that agents are statistical models, and they will hallucinate bad code and buggy code sooner or later. So no, code quality is still important. reviewing the agent's output is still very important and you need to make sure you're doing all of that

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